{"id":135236,"date":"2026-03-11T07:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/135236\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T07:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:57:06","slug":"nyc-gracie-mansion-terror-suspect-emir-balat-purchased-fireworks-fuse-in-pennsylvania-before-isis-inspired-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/135236\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Gracie Mansion terror suspect Emir Balat purchased fireworks fuse in Pennsylvania before ISIS inspired attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of two Pennsylvania men accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired terror attack<\/a> in\u00a0New York City\u00a0allegedly bought a fireworks fuse at a suburban Pennsylvania store just days before allegedly hurling explosive devices at protesters outside Gracie Mansion.<\/a><\/p>\n

Emir Balat, 18, of Langhorne, appears to have purchased a 20-foot roll of consumer safety fuse from Phantom Fireworks in Penndel March 2, according to the retailer and surveillance <\/a>footage obtained by Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

The purchase was made two days after the US and Israel launched\u00a0strikes on Iran.<\/a><\/p>\n

Video appears to show Balat pulling into the store\u2019s parking lot and walking inside.<\/p>\n

He briefly moves out of camera view before returning to the counter with the fuse, speaking with a retail associate and completing the $6.89 purchase in a checkout lane.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe single item purchased was a 20-foot length of consumer fireworks safety fuse,\u201d Phantom Fireworks Vice President and General Counsel William Weimer told Fox News Digital. \u201cThe total spend was $6.89 including tax.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Emir Balat, 18, of Langhorne, appears to have purchased a 20-foot roll of consumer safety fuse from Phantom Fireworks in Penndel, Penn. on March 2, 2026. CBS News\/YouTube<\/p>\n

He briefly moves out of camera view before returning to the counter with the fuse, speaking with a retail associate and completing the $6.89 purchase in a checkout lane. CBS News\/YouTube<\/p>\n

Five days later, Balat and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi of Newtown allegedly\u00a0threw live explosive devices <\/a>into a protest outside the official residence of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n

The event, \u201cStop the Islamic Takeover of New York City: Stop New York City Public Muslim Prayer,\u201d drew about 20 participants.<\/p>\n

A counterprotest,<\/a> \u201cRun the Nazis out of New York City: Stand Against Hate,\u201d drew roughly 125 people at its peak.<\/p>\n

Despite\u00a0NYPD officers\u00a0<\/a>separating the groups into designated areas, tensions escalated shortly before noon, when a protester linked to Lang used pepper spray on counterprotesters, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the latest on the bombs thrown outside Gracie Mansion<\/p>\n

Officers investigated for \u201ca period of time\u201d before making an arrest.<\/p>\n

About 30 minutes later, Balat allegedly threw an \u201cignited device\u201d that landed on the East 87th Street and East End Avenue crosswalk.<\/p>\n

Witnesses reported flames and smoke as it traveled through the air, struck a barrier and burned out feet from police officers.<\/p>\n

An unexploded homemade explosive device sits on the sidewalk. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Emir Balat runs away after throwing a homemade explosive device at a protest outside Gracie Mansion on March 7, 2026. REUTERS<\/p>\n

Balat then allegedly ran south on East End Avenue, took a second device from Kayumi, lit it and fled before dropping it between East 86th and East 87th streets. Police took both men into custody.<\/p>\n

The defendants now face\u00a0five federal charges\u00a0\u2014 attempted provision of material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, use of a weapon of mass destruction, transportation of explosive materials, interstate transportation and receipt of explosives and unlawful possession of destructive devices.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Alexandra Koch and Ashley Carnahan contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of two Pennsylvania men accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired terror attack in\u00a0New York City\u00a0allegedly bought a fireworks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[62379,9860,61819,61820,236,58133,28,30,29,302],"class_list":["post-135236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-bombings","tag-fireworks","tag-gracie-mansion","tag-isis","tag-manhattan","tag-metro","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}