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2 arrested for allegedly throwing ‘ignited’ devices at anti-Muslim protest in NYC

Two men have been arrested for allegedly throwing homemade bomb-like incendiary devices at anti-Muslim protesters in New York City.

A group of around 20 anti-Muslim protesters gathered near Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s residence, this afternoon. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is Muslim.

The protest, called, “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City,” was led by the far-right provocateur Jake Lang, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch says at a briefing.

Around 125 counter-protester gathered nearby for a demonstration called, “Run the Nazis out of New York City.”

BREAKING: NYPD ID'S both suspects after attempted bomb attack on outside Gracie Mansion. Device is Jar wrapped in black tape with NUTS BOLT AND SCREWES and fuse inside. Video shows second suspect pass bomb along to another,second suspect being arrested by the NYPD outside… pic.twitter.com/7AITGeggwc — Oliya Scootercaster ???? (@ScooterCasterNY) March 7, 2026

BREAKING: NYPD ID'S both suspects after attempted bomb attack on outside Gracie Mansion.

Device is Jar wrapped in black tape with NUTS BOLT AND SCREWES and fuse inside.

Video shows second suspect pass bomb along to another,second suspect being arrested by the NYPD outside… pic.twitter.com/7AITGeggwc

— Oliya Scootercaster ???? (@ScooterCasterNY) March 7, 2026

Tensions escalated between the two groups, and one of the anti-Muslim protesters used pepper spray against one of the counter-protesters and was arrested, Tisch says.

Shortly after, a suspect threw an “ignited device” toward the anti-Muslim protesters that gave off flames and smoke as it hurtled through the air, Tisch says.

The device struck a barrier and went out, a few feet from police.

The assailant fled on foot, obtained a second incendiary device from another suspect, lit the device, started running and dropped the device, Tisch says.

Video shows one of the suspects shouting “allahu akbar” while being arrested.

WATCH: Suspect seen lighting Home made smoke bomb after Molotov cocktail thrown at Anti-Muslim protest as suspect shouts Allahu Akbar while getting arrested #nyc Gracie Mansion Videos by @edquinnphoto, @ScooterCasterNY and @yyeeaahhhboiii2 Desk@freedomnews.tv to license pic.twitter.com/4ue4emavS1 — Oliya Scootercaster ???? (@ScooterCasterNY) March 7, 2026

WATCH: Suspect seen lighting Home made smoke bomb after Molotov cocktail thrown at Anti-Muslim protest as suspect shouts Allahu Akbar while getting arrested #nyc Gracie Mansion

Videos by @edquinnphoto, @ScooterCasterNY and @yyeeaahhhboiii2 Desk@freedomnews.tv to license pic.twitter.com/4ue4emavS1

— Oliya Scootercaster ???? (@ScooterCasterNY) March 7, 2026

Video also shows the counter-protesters chasing a man down a street and beating him.

NYC: "Zionist!" crowds chase and shout at a man as he gets kicked on the ground outside Gracie Mansion during anti Islam protest pic.twitter.com/rwN9HK6i4K — Oliya Scootercaster ???? (@ScooterCasterNY) March 7, 2026

NYC: "Zionist!" crowds chase and shout at a man as he gets kicked on the ground outside Gracie Mansion during anti Islam protest pic.twitter.com/rwN9HK6i4K

— Oliya Scootercaster ???? (@ScooterCasterNY) March 7, 2026

Tisch describes the devices as jars a “bit smaller than a football,” wrapped in black tape, filled with nuts and bolts, and with a fuse.

Tisch says it’s unclear if the devices were functional explosives or hoaxes.

The suspects are identified as Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Nikk, 19. Balat allegedly threw the devices and Nikk gave him one of them.

The information is preliminary and an investigation is ongoing.

Iran Guards say can fight ‘intense war’ for six months

Iran can fight an intense war against the United States and Israel for at least six months, the Revolutionary Guards says in a statement carried by the Fars news agency.

“The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are capable of continuing at least a 6-month intense war at the current pace of operations,” Guards spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naini says, according to Fars.

The Guards, Iran’s elite force, also says it targeted “more than 200” locations related to American and Israeli bases and facilities across the region.

IDF says it hit key commanders of IRGC’s Quds Force in Beirut

After reports of an Israeli airstrike in a Beirut hotel killing at least four, the IDF says it carried out a targeted strike on key commanders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

It says the targets were members of the Lebanon Corps of the Quds Force, the IRGC’s extraterritorial arm, who “acted to advance terror plans against the State of Israel and its citizens from Lebanese territory.”

The army adds: “The Iranian terror regime systematically operates among civilian populations in both Iran and Lebanon, cynically exploiting residents and using them as human shields to further terrorist objectives.”

It says it took various steps to minimize the risk to civilians, including the use of precision weaponry and aerial surveillance.

Lebanese officials say the strike killed at least four people. An AFP photographer at the bombed seafront hotel saw shattered windows and heavy damage to one room while security forces sealed off the area.

Ten people were also injured in the attack on Beirut’s Raouche area, the Lebanese health ministry says in a statement.

Loud blast heard near US embassy in Oslo, Norway, police say

A loud blast was heard near the US embassy in western Oslo, triggering a large police response, investigators say.

It is not immediately clear what caused the blast, which happened at around 1 a.m. local time, or who was involved, the Oslo police department says in a statement.

“The police are in a dialogue with the embassy and there are no reports of any injured persons,” the statement says.

Heavily armed police officers and other emergency services seen outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, following reports of a possible explosion tonight near the Embassy. pic.twitter.com/8lx85QjTVo — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 8, 2026

Heavily armed police officers and other emergency services seen outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, following reports of a possible explosion tonight near the Embassy. pic.twitter.com/8lx85QjTVo

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 8, 2026

Smoke was seen rising from the area around the embassy compound, eyewitnesses told Norwegian daily Verdens Gang.

The embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside of regular business hours.

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