{"id":644592,"date":"2026-03-10T02:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T02:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/644592\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T02:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T02:51:16","slug":"fbi-searching-pa-storage-facility-in-probe-into-isis-inspired-botched-bombing-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/644592\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI searching Pa. storage facility in probe into ISIS-inspired botched bombing in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FBI revealed on Monday that federal agents were searching a Pennsylvania storage facility in connection with their investigation\u00a0into the ISIS-inspired botched bombing outside Gracie Mansion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The feds were \u201cconducting a court authorized search\u201d of the storage facility in Langhorne, the same borough where Emir Balat \u2014 one of the alleged bomb hurlers \u2014\u00a0lived with his parents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement vehicles outside Public Storage in Langhorne, Pa., on March 9, 2026, in connection to the probe into the botched ISIS-inspired Gracie Mansion bombing in New York City. Kyle Mazza\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Kyle Mazza\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task Force, along with our partners at the NYPD, will continue pursuing all leads and tips,\u201d the FBI\u2019s New York office said in a Monday night X post announcing the search.<\/p>\n

Langhorne is just a couple of miles south of Newtown, Pa., where a\u00a0lavish house<\/a>\u00a0belonging to the parents of Balat\u2019s alleged accomplice was searched on Sunday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19,\u00a0allegedly plotted to launch a deadly attack Saturday<\/a>\u00a0during an anti-Muslim protest outside Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s Upper East Side residence.<\/p>\n

The duo allegedly tried to detonate IEDs outside Gracie Mansion, but the devices never exploded.<\/p>\n

Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, have been charged with hurling an IED at a violent protest outside Gracie Mansion, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani lives with his wife.<\/p>\n

AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Balat and Kayumi were arrested by the NYPD moments after the 18-year-old allegedly tossed one of the explosives at a crowd and dropped another bomb near a group of cops.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A five-count complaint against the wannabe terrorists from upscale Philadelphia suburbs revealed on Monday they wanted to cause more deaths\u00a0than the Boston Marathon bombing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was only three deaths,\u201d Balat said of the Boston bombing, indicating that he was hoping for something \u201ceven bigger\u201d in New York, according to investigators.<\/p>\n

Balat tries to flee after throwing a homemade explosive device during an anti-Muslim protest on Saturday. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

They also allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS after their arrests, according to the feds.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll praise is due to Allah lord of all worlds,\u201d Balat allegedly wrote after asking for a pen and paper at an NYPD stationhouse. \u201cI pledge my allegience [sic] to the Islamic State. Die in your rage yu [sic] kuffar.\u201d<\/p>\n

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch noted that \u201c\u2018Now die in your rage\u2019 is a commonly known ISIS slogan,\u201d and Kuffar is Arabic for infidel or non-believer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese statements, as set forth in the complaint made clear that this was not random violence. This was a planned attack motivated by extremist ideology and inspired by a violent foreign terrorist organization,\u201d Tisch said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FBI revealed on Monday that federal agents were searching a Pennsylvania storage facility in connection with their…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":644593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,6984,12783,192726,94845,133507,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,82061,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-644592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-bombs","tag-fbi","tag-fbi-investigations","tag-gracie-mansion","tag-isis","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-terrorists","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116202614678338246","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}