Dramatic video captures the moment a suspected ISIS-inspired teen hurled an IED during shocking scenes outside New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Gracie Mansion home, according to police.
The short clip shows Emir Balat, 18, coming up behind a speaker addressing a small crowd outside the Upper East Side mansion Saturday before hurling something over his head and out of shot.
In the panic and confusion, Walter Masterson, a comedian and actor who had been speaking to the group, stops talking as photographers fight their way through to capture pictures of the alleged improvised explosive device.
Alleged ISIS-supporting militant Emir Balat can be seen hurling the bomb in a dramatic video. @waltermasterson/X
The short clip shows Emir Balat, 18, coming up behind a speaker addressing a small crowd outside the Upper East Side mansion Saturday before hurling something over his head and out of shot. @waltermasterson/X“I was in the middle of saying ‘as a born and raised New Yorker, we welcome everyone into this city,’ when he threw that over my head,” Masterson said in a post sharing the clip of the incident on X.
Masterson was one of around 75 counterdemonstrators who showed up to protest a smaller demonstration organized by right-wing activist Jake Lang called “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City, Stop New York City Public Muslim Prayer.”
Six people were arrested in New York City following Saturday’s unrest, including Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, who were expected to face federal charges in the terrorism investigation, the NYPD said.
Emir Balat, left, is handed a homemade explosive device by Ibrahim Kayumi before throwing it towards police during a protest, in front of Gracie Mansion, New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s official residence. AFP via Getty Images
Bolts, nuts, and screws inside one of the homemade explosive devices made by Balat and Kayumi. Obtained by the NY Post
An up close look at the homemade explosive. Obtained by the NY PostPolice raided Balat’s parents’ $635,000 four-bed house in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, a leafy suburb northeast of Philadelphia, and took two men and one woman in custody, local outlets said.
GBI agents were also filmed raiding Kayumi’s parents’ stunning $2.25 million, six-bed mansion in the nearby suburb of Newtown.
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“Nothing like this happens around here. So it’s pretty scary,” Newtown neighbor Pamela Pulsinelli told WPVI.
Balat was seen holding up his index finger in an ISIS salute and smirking at the waiting photographers during his perp walk Monday morning. Lone Pine Press for NY Post
Kayumi was escorted by NYPD and FBI from the 26th precinct. Lone Pine Press for NY Post
A courtroom sketch of Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi in Manhattan federal court on March 9, 2026 for their arraignments. Elizabeth Williams via APA man was seen being led away from the house “with his arms up and being handcuffed and put into the fan. Insane,” Pulsinelli added.
Law enforcement sources told The Post that one of Balat and Kayumi used the Arabic expression “Allahu Akbar” (God is great), following their police interview, and one of them has asked for their lawyer.
Balat was seen holding up his index finger in an ISIS salute and smirking at the waiting photographers during his perp walk Monday morning.
