Two teenagers were charged with hurling an improvised explosive device at Gracie Mansion during a violent protest on Saturday afternoon, with law enforcement sources close to the case saying the homemade bomb was packed with “Mother of Satan”, a volatile explosive favoured by international terrorists.
“Anything can set it off, heat, friction, impact. It’s cheap, hard to detect but highly unstable,” one law enforcement source told New York Post. “It’s a mixture of stuff found in common hardware and drug stores.
