Improvised explosive device was thrown during dueling protests outside NYC mayor's home: Police Six people were arrested in the two protests, police said. NYC Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Sunday that one of the suspicious devices thrown during an anti-Muslim protest outside the New York City mayor's residence this weekend was an improvised explosive device. Tisch said the city's Bomb Squad had conducted a preliminary analysis of the device that was ignited and "has determined that it is not a hoax device or a smoke bomb. It is, in fact, an improvised explosive device that could have
Improvised explosive device was thrown during dueling protests outside NYC mayor's home: Police Six people were arrested in the two protests, police said. NYC Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Sunday that one of the suspicious devices thrown during an anti-Muslim protest outside the New York City mayor's residence this weekend was an improvised explosive device. Tisch said the city's Bomb Squad had conducted a preliminary analysis of the device that was ignited and "has determined that it is not a hoax device or a smoke bomb. It is, in fact, an improvised explosive device that could have