Explosive device thrown at protest outside NYC Mayor Mamdani home: NYPD
Al Jazeera8 hrs
Two Arrested After Explosive Device Thrown in New York Protest
Was this an Islamophobic act of extremism or were the motives tied to Islamic terror?
Above: FBI agents and NYPD Bomb Squad investigate a suspicious vehicle and deploy bomb robots near Gracie Mansion in the area of East End Avenue and East 81st Street in Manhattan, New York on March 8. Image credit: Kyle Mazza/Anadolu/Getty Images
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Left narrative
An explosive device was thrown at a protest outside Gracie Mansion, targeting the area where the city's first Muslim mayor was inside with his wife. The mayor rightly condemned both the initial protest's bigotry and the criminal use of explosives as reprehensible attacks on the city's values.
Right narrative
It's possible that this was, in fact, an act of Islamic extremism, and a full investigation is now underway exploring this. The potential ties to Muslim extremism need to be further investigated.
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