{"id":2577465,"date":"2026-03-08T15:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T19:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nypd-says-improvised-explosive-device-was-deployed-at-anti-islam-protest\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T15:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T19:58:03","slug":"nypd-says-improvised-explosive-device-was-deployed-at-anti-islam-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nypd-says-improvised-explosive-device-was-deployed-at-anti-islam-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD says improvised explosive device was deployed at anti-Islam protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnypd-says-improvised-explosive-device-was-deployed-at-anti-islam-protest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2577465&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a weekend protest outside Gracie Mansion in Manhattan, a small anti-Islam rally led by Jake Lang confronted a larger counterprotest. NYPD officials say a device thrown during the clash was a functioning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crenshaw-issues-list-conservative-guide-to-the-culture-wars\/\" title=\"Crenshaw Issues List: \u2018Conservative Guide To The Culture Wars\u2019\">improvised explosive device<\/a>, not a hoax or smoke device, and it could have caused serious harm. Approximately 20 protesters faced about 100 counterprotesters; tensions escalated into a brief melee. The device struck a barrier and self-extinguished a few feet from police officers. Two people of interest, Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi, were taken into custody at the scene, and no injuries were reported. the NYPD Bomb Squad conducted a preliminary analysis confirming the device\u2019s danger, with further forensic testing underway on a second device recovered at the scene.Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the violence, described Lang as a white supremacist, and said the use of an explosive device is reprehensible. Authorities are coordinating with the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office and the FBI\u2019s Joint Terrorism Task Force in the inquiry.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">NYPD says improvised explosive device was deployed at anti-Islam protest<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2525273\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"286\">New York City<\/a> police said an improvised device was ignited and deployed during a protest outside the mayor&rsquo;s residence in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/manhattan\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1284\">Manhattan<\/a> over the weekend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Sunday that the department&rsquo;s bomb squad determined that at least one of the devices thrown during the protest was a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >functioning improvised explosive device capable<\/a> of causing significant harm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4484519\/nypd-investigate-suspicious-device-anti-islam-protest-brawl\/\">NYPD investigates suspicious devices at anti-Islam protest brawl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4484409\/nyc-vigil-ayatollah-khamenei-violent-protestor-clash\/\">NYC vigil for Ali Khamenei turns violent as protestors clash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4481678\/aaron-spencer-wins-arkansas-sheriff-primary-accused-murder\/\">Aaron Spencer wins Arkansas sheriff primary after being accused of murdering man who assaulted his daughter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The NYPD Bomb Squad has conducted a preliminary analysis of a device that was ignited and deployed at a protest yesterday and has determined that it is not a hoax device or a smoke bomb,&rdquo; Tisch said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYPDPC\/status\/2030695186410463401?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYPDPC\/status\/2030695186410463401?s=20\">statement posted <\/a>on social media. &ldquo;It is, in fact, an improvised explosive device that could have caused serious injury or death.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4484519\/nypd-investigate-suspicious-device-anti-islam-protest-brawl\/?utm_source=NYPD%20investigates%20suspicious%20devices%20at%20anti-Islam%20protest%20brawl_03\/07\/2026&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&amp;rid=63&amp;env=15ba1a1ff4bcb81153665d5aa6e0fd7c08ddfa3bae124e8876d99aaf8335d06d\"><strong>NYPD INVESTIGATES SUSPICIOUS DEVICES AT ANTI-ISLAM PROTEST BRAWL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The incident that took place on Saturday near Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11802\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, where a small anti-Islam protest had gathered and was met by a much larger counterprotest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The anti-Islam protest was led by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3293179\/trump-announces-mass-clemency-pardons-january-6-defendants\/\">pardoned<\/a> Jan. 6, 2021, rioter Jake Lang, who made news in January for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4423057\/walz-mobilizes-national-guard-minnesota-protests\/\">his clashes with<\/a> anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\">Minnesota<\/a>. About 20 people attended the rally, while roughly 100&nbsp;counterprotesters gathered nearby, according to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/4-arrested-after-suspicious-device-thrown-protest-nyc\/story?id=130863389\">police estimates<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Police said tensions escalated late Saturday morning when a brawl broke out between the protesting groups. Amid the fighting, a counterprotester reportedly screamed &ldquo;Allahu Akbar&rdquo; and threw a device toward the crowd.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The device struck a barrier and extinguished itself a few feet from police officers, authorities said, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/4-arrested-after-suspicious-device-thrown-protest-nyc\/story?id=130863389\">describing the device<\/a> as &ldquo;a jar wrapped in black tape, with nuts, bolts and screws, along with a hobby fuse that could be lit.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Two persons of interest, now named as Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi, were taken into custody on the scene. No injuries were reported in the incident.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/2030704552765263946?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/2030704552765263946?s=20\">issued a statement<\/a> about the events at the protest, labeling Lang as a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-turns-the-tables-on-abc-reporter-who-smeared-him-in-first-question-of-black-journalists-event\/\" title=\"Trump Turns the Tables on ABC Reporter Who Smeared Him in First Question of Black Journalists Event\">white supremacist&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and saying violence at protests is unacceptable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4482449\/trump-gets-the-last-laugh-whca-dinner\/\"><strong>HUGO GURDON: TRUMP GETS THE LAST LAUGH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yesterday, white supremacist Jake Lang organized a protest outside Gracie Mansion rooted in bigotry and racism. Such hate has no place in New York City,&rdquo; Mamdani said. &ldquo;What followed was even more disturbing. Violence at a protest is never acceptable. The attempt to use an explosive device and hurt others is not only criminal, it is reprehensible and the antithesis of who we are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani said he is in close contact with Tisch as the NYPD works with partners at the U.S. Attorney&rsquo;s Office for the Southern District of New York and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"516\">FBI<\/a> through the Joint <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/terrorism\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"103\">Terrorism<\/a> Task Force. Tisch said further forensic testing is underway on the second device recovered from the scene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYPD: IED used at Islam protest outside mayor&#8217;s home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2577466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26065855840837.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[56109,6703,4542],"class_list":["post-2577465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ied","tag-nypd","tag-protest"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26065855840837.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2577465"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577470,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577465\/revisions\/2577470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2577466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2577465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2577465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}