Two Charged in ISIS-Inspired Attack Outside NYC Mayor’s Home (1)

Federal prosecutors charged two men for allegedly bringing improvised explosive devices to a protest outside the mayor’s residence in New York, in what authorities described as an act of “ISIS-inspired” terrorism.

A complaint unsealed in federal court in Manhattan on Monday charged Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi with attempted provision of material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization and other offenses.

Balat, 18, and Kayumi, 19, attempted to detonate two apparent explosive devices near Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s residence near East End Avenue and East 87th Street, on Saturday during the anti-Islam protest, according to the complaint. ...