New York police have confirmed that counter-protesters threw an improvised explosive device (IED) outside Zohran Mamdani’s official residence on Saturday when they clashed with anti-Islam demonstrators, led by rightwing influencer Jake Lang.
New York police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, confirmed that a preliminary bomb squad analysis of the device that was ignited and thrown during the protest had “determined that it is not a hoax device or a smoke bomb”.
