Authorities Probe Alleged ‘ISIS-Inspired’ Attack in New York (1)

New York City’s police commissioner said authorities are investigating whether an incident in which two men allegedly brought improvised explosive devices to a protest outside the mayor’s residence in New York was an act of “ISIS-inspired” terrorism.

New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference on Monday that the devices, which didn’t detonate, could have caused serious injury or death.

“The department has determined that these were improvised explosive devices made to injure, maim or worse,” New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at the news conference. Mamdani said the two men, Emir Balat and Ibrahim ...