The ISIS-inspired extremists who tried to detonate IEDs outside Gracie Mansion wanted to outdo the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, according to a newly released federal complaint.
Investigators asked accused wannabe terrorist Emir Balat following his arrest Saturday if he was familiar with the deadly Boston bombing and whether that was what he and his alleged accomplice hoped to accomplish.
“No, even bigger. It was only three deaths,” he replied, according to the 10-page complaint unsealed in Manhattan federal court Monday.
Balat, 18, and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi were hoping for more carnage, the feds said.
Both are charged with tossing two IEDs at anti-Muslim protesters outside Gracie Mansion.
According to the complaint, Kayumi handed Balat one device – which was packed with a volatile explosive known as “Mother of Satan” — which he hurled at anti-Muslim protesters at a rally organized by right-wing agitator Jake Lang.
Balat dropped the second bomb near a group of NYPD cops, the feds said.
Fortunately, neither of the home-made devices exploded.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch called the botched bombing “an ISIS-inspired act of terrorism” at a Monday morning press conference.
The two extremists both drove to New York City from their upscale family homes in Pennsylvania to carry out the alleged attack, Tisch said.
Balat defiantly flashed an ISIS hand symbol as he was led out of a Manhattan precinct and turned over to federal agents on Monday morning.
Both Balat and Kayumi were being arraigned on similar charges in Manhattan federal court later on Monday.
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