Unusual Calls Made from NYC Terror Suspect’s Home Hours After Arrest Raise Questions: Report
Two teenage terror suspects, Ibrahim Kayumi (19) and Emir Balat (18), were arrested in connection with an attempted bombing of an anti-Islam protest outside Gracie Mansion in New York City. Emergency dispatch logs from Bucks County, pennsylvania show three calls to law enforcement from Kayumi’s family home on Saturday afternoon, Saturday night, and Sunday night, though the content of the calls was not disclosed. The first call came at 4:15 p.m. Saturday, with a second at 9:19 p.m. Saturday and a third at 8:54 p.m. Sunday, and the records suggest the calls occurred hours after the suspects were taken into custody. The investigation notes that the pair were en route to New York City when the incident happened; Balat threw a homemade bomb at protesters,and Kayumi supplied a second bomb that Balat discarded near officers as they approached. The bombs did not ignite, and both men were quickly subdued by police. After their arrests, the suspects reportedly admitted allegiance to the Islamic State and described their actions as advancing ISIS goals; Kayumi allegedly told a bystander that the motive was “ISIS.” The case also highlighted a missing-person concern, with Kayumi’s mother having filed a report for her son, and it raised questions about whether others might have been involved. The reporting cites Fox News and the New york Post, which provided timelines, statements, and contextual details about the protest and the suspects’ motives.
Someone was calling law enforcement dispatchers from a terror suspect’s home over the weekend — hours after the suspect himself had been put behind bars.
Fox News reported Wednesday that emergency dispatch logs in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — an area northeast of Philadelphia that was home to both men arrested in Saturday’s terror attack in New York City — showed calls to law enforcement on Saturday afternoon, Saturday night, and Sunday night.
The records did not indicate the content of the calls.
According to Fox News, the first call came from the family home of 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi at 4:15 p.m. Saturday.
That was roughly four hours after Kayumi and fellow terror suspect Emir Balat, 18, were arrested on charges of trying to bomb an anti-Islam protest outside the home of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the city’s first Muslim mayor.
The second call was placed at 9:19 p.m. Saturday and the third at 8:54 p.m. Sunday, according to Fox News.
The Fox News story did not report the length of the calls and noted that it was “unclear what was said on the calls or why they were made.”
However, the records raised questions about the whole incident, including whether anyone else so far unidentified might have been involved in the attack.
Adding to the unusual circumstances, the news comes a day after the New York Post reported that Kayumi’s family had been looking for him since he disappeared on Saturday.
Kayumi’s mother had even filled out a missing persons report on her son, according to the news outlet.
In the report, she told authorities that she’d last seen her son at 10:30 a.m., the article said.
Shortly after that, Kayumi and Balat would have been on the road for New York City.
There, the two showed up at a protest outside Gracie Mansion entitled “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City, Stop New York City Public Muslim Prayer.”
Balat hurled a homemade bomb, which failed to ignite, at the protesters. He got a second bomb from Kayumi, which he tossed on the ground in front of police officers approaching to apprehend him.
This is by FAR the clearest footage we have seen of the man who lit the bomb, dropped it at an officer’s feet and fled.
It happens so fast it’s hard to see, so I’ve slowed the footage and added arrows so you can see it.
He literally drops it RIGHT AT the feet of an officer. pic.twitter.com/y5nMNh7ibK
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) March 9, 2026
He was quickly subdued by police, as was Kayumi.
After their arrests, both men were reportedly open about their motivations: Furthering the murderous goals of the Islamic State terrorist group.
When Kayumi was asked by a bystander why the two had launched the attack, he replied, “ISIS,” according to court documents reported by the New York Post.
Balat meanwhile confirmed his own allegiance to the Islamic State group and said he wanted the New York bombing to be deadlier than the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing — an Islamic terror attack that killed three and left hundreds injured.
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