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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Two teens charged over ‘Islamic State-inspired’ attack outside Mamdani home

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Jessica Tisch, the police commissioners, speaks to the media alongside Zohran Mamdani after the attack. Photograph: Ryan Murphy/Getty Images

Two teenagers were charged on Monday with offenses including terrorism and using a weapon of mass destruction after they allegedly threw improvised explosive devices during an anti-Islam demonstration on Saturday outside the residence of New York mayor Zohran Mamdani.

According to a 10-page criminal complaint filed in federal court in the US southern district of New York, 18-year-old Emir Balat threw the devices at protesters after they were handed to him by Ibrahim Kayumi, 19. It said both declared allegiance to the Islamic State terror group.

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