Storage facility raided as feds investigate alleged ISIS-inspired NYC bomb throwers

BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. — Federal investigators raided a retention installation arsenic portion of the probe into 2 suburban Pennsylvania teens accused of carrying retired an ISIS-inspired panic onslaught by allegedly throwing improvised explosive devices extracurricular the New York City mayor’s home.

The suspects, 18-year-old Emir Balat of Langhorne and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi of Newtown, traveled from Bucks County to Manhattan connected Saturday, wherever constabulary said they ignited and hurled explosive devices into a protestation assemblage extracurricular Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s residence.

On Monday evening, a national root confirmed to Fox News that a hunt warrant was executed astatine a self-storage installation called Public Storage successful Langhorne. The root said that the hunt is successful transportation to the ongoing panic investigation. Helicopter video captured authorities astatine the ample retention installation connected Monday.

A national root confirmed to Fox News that national authorities raided a retention installation successful Pennsylvania successful transportation to the probe into the teens accused of an ISIS-inspired weaponry throwing onslaught successful NYC. (Greg Wehner for Fox News Digital)

The suspect, identified arsenic Emir Balat, was seen holding the alleged weaponry successful beforehand of Gracie's Mansion successful New York City. (United States District Court for the Southern District of New York)

A bid of photographs captures the captious moments of an alleged ISIS-inspired bombing effort extracurricular the iconic Gracie Mansion. 

One of the Pennsylvania suspects allegedly progressive successful an ISIS-inspired panic onslaught extracurricular the New York City mayor’s residence is seen during the protestation anterior to his arrest. (United States District Court for the Southern District of New York)

Bomb successful Hand:

The archetypal representation shows Balat holding what authorities aboriginal identified arsenic Device-1 during the protestation extracurricular Gracie Mansion and past proceeding to propulsion it into the assemblage of protesters and counterprotesters during the "Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City" rally. According to the complaint, the instrumentality was astir the size of a mason jar and had an attached fuse. Investigators aboriginal determined that it contained TATP and had nuts and bolts affixed to the exterior with duct tape.

Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi, charged successful the Southern District of New York, are seen adjacent the mayor’s residence earlier allegedly deploying improvised explosive devices. (United States District Court for the Southern District of New York)

Bomb Handling:

In a 2nd photo, Balat is shown receiving Device-2 from Ibrahim Kayumi aft the archetypal instrumentality was allegedly thrown, authorities say. According to the complaint, Balat allegedly ran down the artifact and grabbed the 2nd instrumentality from Kayumi earlier igniting it. Prosecutors allege helium past dropped Device-2 adjacent respective NYPD officers.

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

Throwing Bomb:

Another representation shows Balat moving from the country aft Device-2 was dropped adjacent respective NYPD officers. According to the complaint, aft helium allegedly ignited the 2nd device, helium dropped it adjacent the officers, ran away, and jumped implicit a barricade. The photograph captures Balat mid-flight arsenic officers determination toward the device, moments earlier helium was tackled and arrested.

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As national prosecutors unsealed charges Monday, Kayumi’s begetter said helium had nary warning.

"If he’s going to beryllium 5 minutes late, helium calls," Khayer Kayumi told The New York Times, describing however the household began searching for his lad erstwhile helium didn’t instrumentality location Saturday afternoon. "We didn’t cognize what was going on."

A antheral is arrested aft allegedly throwing a handmade fume grenade during a "Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City" protestation connected March 7, 2026. (Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)

According to the national transgression complaint, Kayumi’s parent filed a missing idiosyncratic study conscionable hours earlier the alleged attack. The study states she past saw him astatine their Pennsylvania residence astatine astir 10:30 a.m. that morning.

A neighbour of Ibrahim Kayumi successful Newtown confirmed to Fox News Digital that she lives adjacent doorway to the household but declined to remark further. She said she did not privation to talk astir Kayumi.

Violeta Sadauskiene, a neighbour of panic fishy Emir Balat, said she has known the Balat household for astir 15 years, describing the household arsenic "lovely people."

"There was zero suspicious worldly going connected astatine their house," she told Phillyburbs.com. "Everybody was conscionable successful shock. Everyone. I could not judge it erstwhile I heard it. We thought it indispensable beryllium a mistake."

Sadauskiene told the outlet that Balat's parents were affable and hardworking.

Balat is presently a 12th-grade pupil successful the Neshaminy School District, a territory spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital. The territory declined to remark connected whether helium had immoderate anterior disciplinary history. Kayumi graduated successful 2024 from Council Rock High School North, schoolhouse officials confirmed.

In a connection to families, Council Rock officials said they person been successful connection with instrumentality enforcement and that determination is nary accusation indicating immoderate menace oregon transportation to the schoolhouse district. Schools stay unfastened and operating arsenic normal.

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Both districts service residential Bucks County communities extracurricular Philadelphia — quiescent suburbs present linked to a national coercion investigation.

There is nary publically reported anterior transgression past for either suspect. Authorities person not said whether Kayumi was enrolled successful assemblage oregon employed astatine the time.

Balat lived with his parents successful Langhorne. His parents were calved successful Turkey and became naturalized U.S. citizens successful 2017. Kayumi’s parents immigrated from Afghanistan and became citizens successful 2004 and 2009.

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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. (FOX 29 Philadelphia)

According to the ailment filed successful the Southern District of New York, investigators recovered a notebook from a conveyance parked blocks from the mayor’s location listing materials associated with triacetone triperoxide (TATP) production, including hydrogen peroxide, sulfuric acerb and acetone, on with aluminum cans and bolts.

License sheet scholar information placed the conveyance crossing the George Washington Bridge little than an hr earlier the archetypal instrumentality was allegedly thrown, prosecutors said.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirmed Monday that the devices were not fume bombs oregon hoaxes, but existent improvised explosive devices susceptible of causing superior wounded oregon death.

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

Police aboriginal located a conveyance tied to the suspects and recovered a 3rd suspicious device. That instrumentality yet tested antagonistic for explosive material.

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According to the national complaint, Balat allegedly wrote and signed a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State portion astatine a precinct presumption aft his arrest.

The ailment states helium wrote: "All praise is owed to Allah lord of each worlds! I pledge my allegiance to the Islamic State," followed by further statements expressing hostility toward non-believers. Prosecutors besides allege helium wrote, "We instrumentality action."

The ailment further alleges that Balat stated helium and Kayumi wanted to transportation retired an onslaught "bigger than the Boston Marathon bombing," which helium allegedly noted resulted successful "only 3 deaths."

Federal prosecutors charged the suspects with worldly enactment to a designated overseas violent enactment and usage of a limb of wide destruction.

Retired FBI supervisory peculiar cause Jason Pack told Fox News Digital that the charging connection is significant.

"Material enactment requires prosecutors to amusement the defendants knowingly supported a designated violent organization," Pack said. "The enactment of charges signals however prosecutors are framing the ISIS nexus evidence."

NYPD Bomb Squad officers hunt a car allegedly belonging to an idiosyncratic who attempted to propulsion a homemade explosive astatine constabulary officers connected March 8, 2026, successful New York City. (Ryan Murphy/Getty)

The ailment besides alleges Balat made spontaneous statements successful a patrol vehicle. Kayumi allegedly made statements captured connected bodycam video.

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Two national instrumentality enforcement sources confirmed to Fox News that investigators are examining whether the suspects whitethorn person go "self-radicalized."

Authorities are reviewing integer evidence, online activity, communications and question history. Officials person not alleged nonstop operational interaction with ISIS, but are moving to find whether the suspects were inspired by extremist propaganda consumed online.

Pack noted that TATP is often associated with attackers who learned bomb-making methods online alternatively than done ceremonial overseas training.

"When you spot TATP successful a home case, it often points to online radicalization," helium said.

Officials accidental determination is nary grounds astatine this clip linking the onslaught to overseas hostilities.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul said New York remains successful a "heightened menace environment" pursuing the alleged ISIS-inspired attack.

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State Police are expanding patrols astatine delicate sites statewide, Hochul said, and much than 1,000 National Guard members stay deployed to support large transit hubs crossed New York City.

The Pennsylvania arrests travel conscionable months aft national authorities disrupted different alleged ISIS-inspired crippled involving teenagers and young adults from suburban communities successful New Jersey and Michigan.

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Federal investigators intercepted this photograph that they allege shows Tomas Jimenez-Guzel holding a weapon successful beforehand of an ISIS flag. The upright scale digit is besides alleged to beryllium an ISIS manus gesture. Jimenez-Guzel allegedly blurred his ain look earlier transmitting the image. (Justice Department)

That lawsuit progressive suspects accused of sharing ISIS propaganda and allegedly plotting unit portion communicating successful encrypted radical chats.

There is nary grounds the 2 cases are connected. However, some investigations item long-standing warnings from national officials astir the menace of young men radicalized online acold from accepted struggle zones.

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Pack said investigators are moving parallel tracks.

"The transgression lawsuit builds the prosecution," helium said. "The quality broadside examines travel, communications, online enactment and whether anyone other was involved."

Mamdani released a connection reacting to the charges against Balat and Kayumi.

"Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi person been charged with committing a heinous enactment of coercion and proclaiming their allegiance to ISIS.  They should beryllium held afloat accountable for their actions," helium wrote. "We volition proceed to support New Yorkers safe. We volition not tolerate coercion oregon unit successful our city."

Fox News' CB Cotton, Bill Melugin, Alexis McAdams, and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report. 

Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send communicative tips to [email protected].