Holy moly.
Someone at CNN didn’t think before hitting publish on an X post about the two alleged New York City bombers.
Those poor “two Pennsylvania teenagers” who just happened to be in New York City outside of Gracie Mansion during an anti-Islam protest.
The publisher also framed the story as though the suspects meant to harm Mayor Zohran Mamdani with the bombs.
Those “two Pennsylvania teenagers” found themselves entangled in a mess with dangerous IEDs.
I do not know how long CNN let the post stay on X.
But the network deleted the post around 10 AM EST.
You think!?
These “two Pennsylvania teenagers” obviously had plans to do something terrible, whether they meant to attack the protest outside Mamdani’s home or somewhere else.
Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, face five charges, including Attempted Provision of Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
How long were they gone? Kuyami’s mother filed a missing persons report on March 7.
The NYPD confirmed the device was a functioning IED. News 12 New York reported, “The devices, which were a bit smaller than a football, appeared to be a jar wrapped in black tape, importantly, with nuts, bolts, and screws, along with a hobby fuse that could be lit.”
“At the protest, at approximately 12:15 p.m., an individual later identified as EMIR BALAT, the defendant, ignited and threw an item (“Device-1”) toward the area where the protesters were gathered,” FBI Special Agent Jennifer Gioia wrote in the complaint. “Immediately after throwing Device-1, BALAT ran to another location down the block and received a second item (“Device-2,” and collectively with Device-1, the “Devices”) from an individual later identified as IBRAHIM KAYUMI, the defendant.”
Gioia explained that Balat activated the second device “near where several NYPD officers were standing, ran away from the NYPD officers, and jumped over a barricade. He was tackled and arrested by NYPD officers shortly thereafter.”
One device tested positive with TATP (triaceton triperoxide), which Gioia said is known as the “Mother of Satan.”
Gioia explained that TATP “is extremely sensitive to impact, friction, and heat; and has been used in multiple terrorist attacks over the last decade.”
While in the police car, unprovoked, Balat said, “this isn’t a religion that just stands when people talk about the blessed name of the prophet . . . We take action! We take action!”; and “if I didn’t do it someone else will come and do it.”
Once at the station, Balat told the police he wanted to accomplish something “bigger” than the Boston Marathon bombing because those terrorists only killed three people.
Balat also pledged allegiance to ISIS.
Kuyami admitted he watched ISIS propaganda and that the terrorist group inspired him.
Police discovered a car that they believe the two suspects used since it’s registered to a family member of Balat.
The evidence added suspicion that the suspects had planned an attack for some time:
From inside Vehicle-1, law enforcement agents recovered a coiled green material consistent in appearance with hobby fuse, an empty metal can of the same approximate dimensions and appearance as the can recovered from inside Device 1, and a notebook containing handwritten notes.One page of the notebook contains the note “TATP explosive”; another page contains a list of chemical ingredients, including “hydrogen peroxide,” “sulfuric acid,” and “acetone”; and a third page contains a list of components and quantities, such as “aluminum can x6,” and “a box of bolts ect [sic] 2x.” Based on my training and experience, I believe that these notes are a reference to materials that could be used to build explosive devices like the one that BALAT and KAYUMI used on or about March 7, 2026.
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