The two teens charged with hurling IEDs during a rowdy demonstration outside Gracie Mansion unleashed chilling ISIS-inspired screeds after their arrests, authorities said Monday.
Emir Balat, 18, and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi, drove to Manhattan from their upscale Pennsylvania homes with the intent to cause mayhem and kill – all in the name of the Islamic State, according to the federal complaint against them.
“This isn’t a religion that just stands when people talk about the blessed name of the prophet,” Balat allegedly said after being cuffed by cops on Saturday.
“We take action. If I didn’t do it someone else will come and do it.”
When he arrived at an NYPD precinct, Balat allegedly asked cops for pen and paper – and scribbled a disturbing manifesto proclaiming his extremist beliefs.
“All praise is due to Allah lord of all worlds,” he allegedly wrote. “I pledge my allegiance [sic] to the Islamic State. Die in your rage yu [sic] kuffar.”
Kuffar is the Arabic word for non-believer or infidels.
Meanwhile, Kayumi was captured on police bodycam footage being asked by someone in the crowd “why he had done this,” as he was being placed into an NYPD vehicle after his arrest, according to authorities.
“ISIS,” he allegedly replied.
Once at the precinct, Kayumi allegedly admitted he watched ISIS propaganda on his phone and that his actions were partially inspired by the terror group.
Balat and Kayumi were arrested by the NYPD after allegedly deploying two IEDs during dueling midday protests on Saturday, including one that was dropped near a group of cops.
Here’s the latest on the bombs thrown outside Gracie Mansion
- 6 arrested after homemade explosive devices at Gracie Mansion protest send people running for cover
- Self-radicalized ISIS protesters used explosive called ‘Mother of Satan’ inside bombs thrown at Gracie Mansion protest: sources
- Devices hurled at Gracie Mansion protest determined to be highly dangerous IED capable of ‘serious injury or death’: NYPD
- FBI raids upscale homes of self-radicalized ISIS protesters accused of hurling bombs in NYC — including $2M mansion
Both were charged by the feds with providing material aid to ISIS.
At a press briefing with federal prosecutors Monday, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch declined to say if trips to the Middle East by both suspects were tied to ISIS, but said it was part of the ongoing investigation.
