Device hurled near NYC mayor’s mansion was an IED that could have caused ‘serious injury or death,’ NYPD says | CNN

Tensions between opposing protest groups outside the New York City mayor’s residence boiled over Saturday, when a protester hurled an improvised explosive onto the crosswalk, leaving protesters and police officers scrambling. The device was capable of causing “serious injury or death,” the NYPD said Sunday, and multiple law enforcement sources told CNN two men arrested in connection with the device admitted to being inspired by ISIS. FBI New York’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, along with the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, is working with the NYPD on the investigation, the bureau said, noting the men remain in custody. Police said both men are from Pennsylvania, The New York Times reported. CNN has reached out to the NYPD for further information. The incident unfolded during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan outside the home of New York City’s first Muslim mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and his wife Rama Duwaji. Mamdani and his wife were not home at the time, according to a source familiar with the situation. An anti-Islam protest organized by right-wing influencer and pardoned January 6 rioter Jake Lang drew roughly 20 participants, while a counte