{"id":123823,"date":"2026-03-10T17:19:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/isis-inspired-nyc-bomb-suspects-could-face-death-penalty-ex-fbi-agent-says-123823"},"modified":"2026-03-10T17:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:19:34","slug":"isis-inspired-nyc-bomb-suspects-could-face-death-penalty-ex-fbi-agent-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/isis-inspired-nyc-bomb-suspects-could-face-death-penalty-ex-fbi-agent-says-123823","title":{"rendered":"ISIS-inspired NYC bomb suspects could face death penalty, ex-FBI agent says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A pair of ISIS-inspired suspects accused of plotting a bomb attack in New York City could face the death penalty now that federal prosecutors have taken over the case. Retired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/tech\/topics\/fbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI supervisory agent<\/a> James Gagliano outlined how prosecutors could try to turn the suspects against one another.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, 18-year-old Emir Balat of Langhorne and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi traveled from Pennsylvania to Manhattan, according to the New York Police Department. Police said they then hurled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/hero-nypd-officers-honored-foiling-alleged-isis-inspired-terror-plot-near-gracie-mansion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explosive devices into a crowded protest<\/a> outside Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s home, Gracie Mansion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the feds to take this case, it could potentially be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/defense\/trials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death penalty case<\/a>,&#8221; Gagliano said Tuesday on &#8220;America Reports.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No one was hurt in this instance, and that&#8217;s blessed because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/terror\/bombings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the type of explosives<\/a> they used are inherently unstable, and the fact that these bombs did not detonate is a good thing,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-torched-over-bizarre-post-about-pennsylvania-teenagers-charged-throwing-bombs-nyc-protest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CNN TORCHED OVER &#8216;BIZARRE&#8217; POST ABOUT PENNSYLVANIA TEENAGERS CHARGED WITH THROWING BOMBS AT A NYC PROTEST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While an attorney for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/alleged-isis-inspired-suburban-terrorists-lived-10-miles-apart-were-strangers-before-nyc-attack-lawyer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the suspects claimed<\/a> the two men were &#8220;strangers&#8221; from different parts of Pennsylvania, Gagliano dismissed the &#8220;serendipity&#8221; defense as a legal tactic that could backfire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/new-york-city-terror-investigation-march-10-live-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NYC TERROR PROBE: HOMEMADE IEDS SET OFF IN \u2018CONTROLLED DETONATION\u2019 AT STORAGE FACILITY, SOURCE SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do believe this is an attorney just trying to make the best case for his client,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;ll try to separate at trial and obviously, from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">law enforcement perspective<\/a>, we want that because we want to get them both to turn on one another,&#8221; Gagliano added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/storage-facility-raided-feds-investigate-alleged-isis-inspired-nyc-bomb-throwers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>STORAGE FACILITY RAIDED AS FEDS INVESTIGATE ALLEGED ISIS-INSPIRED NYC BOMB THROWERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He argued the alleged plot underscores the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/border-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increased border security<\/a>, saying sleeper cells remain &#8220;dormant&#8221; until directed to carry out sabotage, espionage and terror attacks.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirmed the incident is being investigated as &#8220;ISIS-inspired terrorism&#8221; after one of the suspects allegedly wrote and signed a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State, according to federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>According to prosecutors, Balat told investigators he wanted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/suspect-nyc-terror-probe-planned-attack-bigger-than-boston-marathon-bombing-prosecutors-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carry out an attack bigger<\/a> than the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, which resulted in the deaths of three people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/isis-inspired-nyc-bomb-suspects-could-face-death-penalty-ex-fbi-agent-says\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/isis-inspired-nyc-bomb-suspects-could-face-death-penalty-ex-fbi-agent-says <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of ISIS-inspired suspects accused of plotting a bomb attack in New York City could face the death penalty now that federal prosecutors have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-123823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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