Alleged ISIS-inspired suburban terrorists lived 10 miles apart but were 'strangers' before NYC attack: Lawyer

BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. — The 2 Pennsylvania teens accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired panic onslaught successful New York City were "strangers" earlier the alleged plot, an lawyer for 1 of the suspects said.

19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi of Newtown and 18-year-old Emir Balat allegedly threw unrecorded explosive devices into a protestation that was taking spot extracurricular Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Gracie Mansion residence connected Saturday aft traveling from Bucks County to Manhattan, national officials said.

Balat's lawyer, Mehdi Essmidi, claimed to reporters that the 2 teens didn't cognize each different anterior to the attempted attack.

"They're strangers arsenic acold arsenic I know," Essmidi said. "I'm saying they're from antithetic parts of Pennsylvania, they're successful antithetic property groups, they are not known to each other. They bash not unrecorded together, they bash not person household oregon schoolhouse ties."

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Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, are accused of bringing homemade bombs to a protestation extracurricular the location of New York City’s mayor. (U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York)

Though Balat is successful precocious school, his lawyer told reporters that helium was finishing classes remotely.

"He's 18, he's finishing schoolhouse remotely due to the fact that helium has lone similar 3 classes near to do. He's successful his elder year," Essmidi said.

A territory spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Balat is presently successful 12th people successful the Neshaminy School District. Kayumi graduated successful 2024 from Council Rock High School North, schoolhouse officials confirmed.

Area wherever Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi lived successful Pennsylvania. Kayumi graduated from Council Rock High School North. (Google Maps)

Prosecutors said successful a ailment that a bid of pictures amusement the men handling the alleged bomb, which was aboriginal determined to person contained TATP and had nuts and bolts attached with duct tape.

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On Sunday, FBI agents searched the homes of 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi successful Newtown and 18-year-old Emir Balat successful Langhorne. The location is seen present connected Monday, March 9.  (Greg Wehner for Fox News Digital)

Emir Balat family's location successful Pennsylvania. Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, were being held without bail aft a tribunal quality Monday connected charges that see attempting to supply worldly enactment to a overseas violent enactment and utilizing a limb of wide destruction.  (Greg Wehner for Fox News Digital)

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday that the devices were existent and susceptible of causing superior wounded oregon death.

"This is being investigated arsenic an enactment of ISIS-inspired terrorism," Tisch said.

While astatine a precinct presumption aft being arrested, Balat allegedly wrote and signed a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State, according to national prosecutors.

"All praise is owed to Allah lord of each worlds! I pledge my allegiance to the Islamic State," Balat allegedly wrote. "We instrumentality action."

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The fishy appears to tally distant aft helium allegedly threw the explosive. (United States District Court for the Southern District of New York)

Balat allegedly told instrumentality enforcement that helium and Kayumi wanted to spell done with an onslaught "bigger than the Boston Marathon bombing."

WATCH: Gracie Mansion weaponry suspects processed astatine New York City's 19th precinct.

While being processed astatine a section precinct station, a constabulary serviceman tried to halt Balat from making manus signals to the crowd, which immoderate judge is simply a salute to ISIS.