Two teenagers were charged on Monday with offenses including terrorism and using a weapon of mass destruction after they allegedly threw improvised explosive devices during an anti-Islam demonstration on Saturday outside the residence of New York mayor Zohran Mamdani. “They were improvised explosive devices that could have caused serious injury or death.”Tisch said she could “confirm that this is being investigated as an act of Isis-inspired terrorism”. Mamdani said the men had “traveled from Pennsylvania and attempted to bring violence to New York City”. “New York City will never tolerate violence, whether from protests or counter-protests,” he said, referring to the Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City demonstration of about 20 people organized by far-right influencer Jake Lang, and dozens more who turned up to oppose it. The commissioner said the last time an improvised explosive device was used in New York was a 2017 terrorist attack on the Manhattan subway that injured four people.

Source: The Guardian March 09, 2026 18:19 UTC