Devout Muslim Who Threw IEDs At Protestors in NYC Also Uttered Threat When Arrested

This is by FAR the clearest footage we have seen of the man who lit the bomb, dropped it at an officer's feet and fled.

It happens so fast it's hard to see, so I've slowed the footage and added arrows so you can see it.

He literally drops it RIGHT AT the feet of an officer. pic.twitter.com/y5nMNh7ibK

— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) March 9, 2026

 

... a federal court filing Monday that included details picked up by police body cameras as 18-year-old Emir Balat was being taken to a precinct house makes it clear Islamic terrorism was behind the attempted atrocity.

“This isn’t a religion that just stands when people talk about the blessed name of the prophet,” Balat said in a recorded moment, according to a prosecution complaint filed in the Southern District of New York.

“We take action! We take action!”

In Balat’s case, according to authorities, that “action” meant building and hurling explosive devices for the express purpose of murdering those who participated in a protest outside the Gracie Mansion home of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the city’s first Muslim mayor.

According to the complaint, the protest was called “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City, Stop New York City Public Muslim Prayer.”

MEANWHILE, MAMDANI IS ATTEMPTING TO ACT AS IF IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.