NYC: Counter-Protester Lights Explosive amid Anti-Mamdani Protest, Utters 'Allahu Akbar'

Candace Hathaway : Mar 9, 2026
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[TheBlaze.com] A counter-protester lit what police said was an explosive device during a protest Saturday against Mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York City. The counter-protester also was caught on video uttering "Allahu Akbar" as police were arresting him. New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Sunday announced that the device was real—not a hoax device or smoke bomb, WNYW reported. ... "It is, in fact, an improvised explosive device that could have caused serious injury or death," Tisch said on X... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Screengrab image: via X)