The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has evacuated buildings and locked down streets surrounding East End Avenue between 81st Street and 82nd Street in Manhattan after a suspicious device was found in a vehicle.
The vehicle is connected to the investigation into the improvised explosive devices that were thrown near Gracie Mansion Saturday, according to a post on X from the NYPD.
Two people are in custody after suspicious devices were found outside Gracie Mansion, the official residence of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, during an anti-Islam demonstration Saturday morning, the NYPD confirmed to Newsweek.
The protest was organized by Jake Lang, a conservative influencer pardoned for charges tied to the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. Images from the scene showed smoke and what appeared to be an unexploded homemade device lying in the street.
The devices were described as jars wrapped in black tape containing nuts, bolts, screws and a hobby fuse.
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