New York, New York – Police detained a man who threw what appeared to be two homemade incendiary devices near far-right protesters demonstrating at the residence of New York Mayor Zohran MamdanionSaturday, AFP correspondents saw.
Far-right influencer Jake Lang was demonstrating against alleged “Islamification” and calling for an end to “public Muslim prayer” in New York in front of Gracie Mansion, the residence ofMamdani, who is Muslim.
A man wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and beige cargo pants was handed a device wrapped in tape and billowing smoke by a fellow activist. He dropped it near a line of police before vaulting a crash barrier.
The man had earlier thrown a similar device towards Lang’s group of protesters…