The Federal Bureau of Investigation had arrested two people over hurling an IED at New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani's Gracie Mansion during a rowdy weekend protest. Both arrested individuals are children of immigrants.
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters on Saturday that an anti-Islam protest was organised by people associated with Jake Lang, a pardoned January 6 rioter and far-right influencer. A group of counter-protesters, numbering more than 100, also gathered, and two young men from Pennsylvania, angered by the anti-Islam protest, brought the homemade bombs to the gathering, intending to cause harm, law enforcement sources told CBS News.
