A New York Police Department officer wearing an explosives disposal suit investigates a scene near Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, following the throwing of an explosive device. Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty ImagesNew York police have confirmed an improvised explosive device was thrown outside the official residence of New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s on Saturday when anti-Islam demonstrators clashed with counter protesters. “It is, in fact, an improvised explosive device that could have caused serious injury or death. Further analysis will be conducted, including on a second device,” Tisch said in a social media post. Tensions continued to heighten, she said, when someone in the counterprotest lit and threw a device Tisch described as smaller than a football into the protesting crowd of about 20 people.

Source: The Irish Times March 08, 2026 22:19 UTC