ISIS-loving NYC bombing suspects mused about blowing up Right-winger, and desire to murder up to 60 people. Are we now going to ban people buying fireworks?

With so much discussion about right-wing terrorist threats, we thought that it would be useful to include this story in our files. The picture above shows one of the bombers trying to buy fireworks before the attempted bombings. Will we soon see calls for banning the sale of fireworks or background checks on people buying them?

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Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, were indicted on Tuesday for allegedly hurling two homemade incendiary devices in an ISIS-inspired March 7 attack during the dueling protests outside Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s official residence. . . .

“First call, they’re going to be like this is us targeting [Individual-1],” Kayumi responded. The “individual-1” is referencing Lang, a right-wing agitator and pardoned January 6 rioter, law enforcement sources said. 

Balat then explained that he was also hoping to target “the government” and “civilians also,” to which Kayumi replied, “Yeah, I know.”

He then detailed how he had put a specific amount of Triacetone triperoxide, an explosive known as “TATP,” to kill roughly 8 to 16 people or as many as 60 people if the area was crowded. . . .

Zoe Hussain and Ben Kochman, “ISIS-loving NYC bombing suspects mused about blowing right-wing agitator ‘in half’ and desire to kill up to 60 civilians: court docs,” New York Post, April 7, 2026.