NYPD recovers third suspicious device in Manhattan explosive device investigation
Officers located a suspicious device inside a vehicle on East End Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets, and temporarily evacuated nearby buildings while the bomb squad assessed the threat, police said.
“the The NYPD has The suspicious device has been safely removed from the area for further testing, and those evacuated are now allowed to return to their accommodation. The area remains closed to vehicular traffic,” the NYPD wrote on X.
As of Sunday evening, only one of those devices had been confirmed to be an explosive device, a federal source told Fox News.
The NYPD announced that a third suspicious device had been found as part of an ongoing investigation into an improvised explosive device (IED) thrown during the dueling protests outside Gracie Mansion the previous day. (Fox News)
Earlier Sunday, city officials said the confirmed device was capable of causing “serious injury or death.”
The incident happened Saturday morning near East End Avenue and East 87th Street, just steps from Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the New York City mayor. Zahran Mamdani.
One of the protests was organized by right-wing activist Jake Lange to oppose public Muslim prayer. Counter-protesters also gathered nearby. Although police initially kept the two groups separated, tensions escalated after pepper spray was used during the confrontation.
About 30 minutes later, authorities said an 18-year-old counter-protester lit a fire and threw a device toward the protest area.
Police say the 18-year-old recovered a second bomb from a 19-year-old, lit it and tried to flee. The two suspects – Amir Balat and Ibrahim Kiyomi – were detained.
Officers located a suspicious device inside a vehicle on East End Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets, and temporarily evacuated nearby buildings while the bomb squad assessed the threat, police said. (Peter Gerber)
Three federal law enforcement sources told Fox News that one of the suspects shouted “Allahu Akbar” before igniting the explosive device and throwing it into a crowd of people.
The devices dumped near Gracie Mansion were allegedly laced with TATP (triacetone triperoxide), Paul Mauro, a retired Fox News NYPD inspector, told Fox News Digital, citing multiple sources.
“(TATP) is preferred for The real terrorists“And not something that two people at street level could possibly produce,” Mauro said. “This was not an M-80 wrapped in nails and tape. It is very difficult to detect, very strong and very unstable.”
The NYPD bomb squad x-rayed two of the devices and rendered them safe. They are now being transferred to Quantico for further analysis, Mauro said.
He also noted that a vehicle registered to a relative of one of the suspects was located in the Upper East Side area.
A man throws an improvised explosive at supporters of US President Donald Trump during a rally to stop public Muslim prayers, in New York City, United States, March 7, 2026. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)
Mayor Zahran Mamdani did not issue a public statement about the bomb incident, but he condemned protester Jake Lang, whom he described as a “white supremacist.”
“Yesterday, white supremacist Jake Lange held a protest outside Gracie Mansion rooted in bigotry and racism. Such hatred has no place in New York City. It is an affront to our city’s values and the unity that defines us,” Mamdani said.
Lang claims that bombs were thrown at him and his supporters by pro-Islam protesters.
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Fox News CB Cotton and Bill Melogen contributed to this report.
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