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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-08T06:26:14.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nTwo people have been arrested after a pair of suspicious devices were found outside the home of the Muslim mayor of New York.\n\n__Police were called to Gracie Mansion, the official residence of mayor Zohran Mamdani as protests were waged outside.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe devices were found as an anti-Zohran demonstration, led by influencer Jake Lang, and counterprotest were underway, police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters.\n\nSpokesman for Mr Mamdani, Joe Calvello, said the mayor and his wife, Rama Duwaji, were safe, while Mrs Tisch said there were no injuries.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n\"Thankfully, the Mayor and the First Lady are both safe, though the events are a stark reminder of the threats they both face regularly,\" Mr Calvello said in a statement.\n\nThe devices were described as jars wrapped in black tape, smaller than a football.\n\nThe two items also had nuts, bolts, screws, and a hobby fuse, Mrs Tisch said.\n\nThe Commissioner said it was unclear if the devices were functional because the police were unsure if there was \"energetic material\" in them.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe protest led Mr Lang, who is currently running for the US Senate seat in Florida vacated by Marco Rubio, was titled \"Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City, Stop New York City Public Muslim Prayer\".\n\nIt drew 20 participants, Mrs Tisch said, while the counterprotest, \"Run the Nazis out of New York City, Stand Against Hate\", drew 125 demonstrators at its peak.\n\nThe two protesters were separated by police at 11am, but tensions began to escalate shortly before noon.\n\nShortly after 12.30pm, an 18-year-old counter-protester threw an ignited device towards the protesters.\n\n### LATEST US NEWS:\n\n\n\n\n  * Donald Trump humiliates Keir Starmer over dithering Iran response: 'We’ve already won!'\n  * Immigration agents killed third US citizen nearly a year before Minnesota shootings\n  * John Swinney accused of putting 'special relationship' with US in peril over use of Scottish airport\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe counter-protester then retrieved a second device from a 19-year-old accomplice, lit the device, then dropped it further down the street.\n\nBoth men were arrested, but NYPD has not yet levelled charges.\n\nAt 12.15pm, one protester in Mr Lang's camp fired pepper spray towards a counter-protester and was arrested.\n\nIn total, six people have been arrested during the protests, two men responsible for the devices, the person who used pepper spray, and a further three related to disorderly conduct and obstructing traffic.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe FBI's joint terrorism task force has joined the investigation, sources familiar with the investigation told NBC.\n\nThere is no indication yet that the attack had anything to do with \"ongoing hostilities\" in Iran, but the investigation is still ongoing.\n\nMr Mamdani is the first Muslim mayor of New York, and polling from Siena College in January revealed him to be the most favourable Democrat in the traditionally left-leaning state.\n\nMr Calvello, his spokesman, said the protest was \"despicable and Islamophobic\", and added the NYPD is actively investigating the protest.\n\nMr Lang made was pardoned by Donald Trump for his participation in January 6 and currently faces misdemeanor charges in DC Superior Court for making threatening statements to a police officer.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Two arrested after suspicious devices found outside Muslim New York Mayor's house"
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