"Far-right demonstrators and a responding group of counterprotesters gathered at East End Avenue and East 87th Street at around 11 a.m. Saturday. Far-right provocateur and pardoned January 6 rioter Jake Lang and a group of about 20 people assembled near Gracie Mansion for a planned Islamophobic protest called 'Stop the Islamist Takeover of New York City.'"
"Witnesses reported seeing flames and smoke as it traveled through the air before it struck a barrier and extinguished itself a few feet from police officers. The counterprotester was then seen running to another man, who handed him a second device that he then ran with and later dropped."
"Officers arrested both men: Emir Balat, 18, of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, in connection with throwing the device, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, of Newton, Pennsylvania, for supplying it. A third device was discovered in a vehicle associated with the perpetrators on Sunday."
Far-right demonstrators led by pardoned January 6 rioter Jake Lang organized an Islamophobic protest near Gracie Mansion on Saturday morning, attracting approximately 20 supporters. Counterprotesters gathered in response, growing to around 125 people. Police separated the two groups into different areas. Tensions escalated when a protester from Lang's group pepper-sprayed counterprotesters. Subsequently, a counterprotester lit and threw an incendiary device that landed in a crosswalk, producing flames and smoke before striking a barrier near police officers. A second device was also thrown. Two suspects were arrested: Emir Balat, 18, for throwing the device, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, for supplying it. A third device was discovered in an associated vehicle.
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