Over the weekend, a pair of ISIS-inspired men were arrested after they allegedly threw an IED into a crowd of anti-Islam protesters in New York. The NYPD confirmed the device was dangerous and deadly; it was miraculous that the device didn't detonate. Mayor Zohran Mamdani blamed the attack on "white supremacy" including the anti-Islam activist Jake Lang, and has refused to condemn the ISIS-inspired terrorists who tried to kill people in his city.
Now we're learning more about the two suspects, identified as Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, and Emir Balat, 18. It turns out Kayumi's parents are naturalized citizens from Afghanistan, and that they're pretty well-off.
Parents of alleged ISIS-loving NYC bomb thrower own $2.5M Pennsylvania home, are naturalized citizens from Afghanistan https://t.co/AB4oVryh2A pic.twitter.com/xwp1PRjECh
— New York Post (@nypost) March 9, 2026
Here's more from The New York Post:
The parents of one of the alleged ISIS-loving mopes who tried to detonate an IED near Gracie Mansion own a gorgeous, $2.25 million home – a sign they seized the American Dream after arriving from Afghanistan decades ago, The Post has learned.
Alleged bomber Ibrahim Kayumi’s family home is a 5,800-square-foot manse with six bedrooms and five bedrooms in scenic Newtown, Pennsylvania, records show.
Police said that Kayumi, 19, and his friend Emir Balat, 18, traveled from their Bucks County enclave to attend a counter-protest against right-wing nut Jake Lang’s anti-Muslim protest outside the mayor’s residence.
The pair allegedly hurled homemade bombs packed with a volatile explosive favored by international terrorists known as “Mother of Satan,” sources have said.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the act was being investigated as an act of “ISIS-inspired terrorism.”
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"Right-wing nut"? Really, NYP? Do better.
Because of course they are…
— Vincent Charles: Roi De Tout, (Ret.) (@YesThatVCharles) March 9, 2026
Of course. Just like Mamdani's socialist housing advisor Cea Weaver's parents own a fancy house in Tennessee.
Um. Did we resettle Afghan drug lords in Pennsylvania? https://t.co/Ldhe2rljrb
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) March 9, 2026
Would we be surprised if we did?
The parents of Emir Balat are Turkish immigrants who were naturalized in 2017.
JUST IN🚨: The NYC Islamic bomber, Emir Balat, is the son of Turkish immigrants whose parents became naturalized U.S. citizens in 2017.
— Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) March 9, 2026
His accomplice in Saturday’s attack, Ibrahim Kayumi, is the son of Afghan immigrants whose parents were naturalized in the 2000s.
Stop… pic.twitter.com/F3Est3wu3U
"Stop importing people who later turn into our enemies," Lew wrote.
Fox News played video of one of those suspects being put into a police car while he chanted, "Allahu akbar."
Remove the citizenship status of their families. All of them and get them out of here.
— TazB (@cmnsenselady) March 9, 2026
That is the moderate option.
Stop importing our enemies.
— C (@LCristell) March 9, 2026
It’s cleaner. pic.twitter.com/KJD9d0kcRW
That would be the wise move.
Both Balat and Kayumi remain in police custody while the NYPD and FBI continue to investigate the attack.
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