The mayor was inside the residence at the time, the police department said later Saturday

The NYPD’s Bomb Squad confirmed that the devices thrown in the direction of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home were both viable IEDs.

The incident is now under investigation by both the NYPD and the FBI. In total, two devices were thrown during the protests on Saturday afternoon on Manhattan’s swanky Upper East Side.

On Sunday, police spokesperson Jessica Tisch said that the “preliminary analysis of a device that was ignited and deployed at a protest yesterday has determined that it is not a hoax device or a smoke bomb.”

“It is, in fact, an improvised explosive device that could have caused serious injury or death,” Tisch added.

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        Yeah, my bad. I looked it up immediately after posting this comment and found my folly. Thought I deleted the comment, but since it has replies I’m going to leave it as is, as to not confuse anyone coming across this in the future.

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                No, I thought about it. Then I remembered the “deleted by creator” comments I’ve come across in the past. I just want honesty. Which not editing my comment kinda cements.

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                  Some people clarifies their original post with new information by editing it but appending the additional text at the bottom, without changing the original text.

                  Prefixing the new information with “EDIT:” or similar is usually nice so as to separate the old from the new info.

                  I prefer this method as it saves people some time by not having to check the entire thread to see if someone else has pointed out an error they identified.

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          He asked if the guy was right-winged. Yes, he was.

          He was also anti-goverment following the killings in the siege at Waco, which is why he bombed that federal building.