Parents of New York City bomb suspect live in $2 million, 5,800-square-foot Pennsylvania home and are naturalized U.S. citizens
The parents of two men accused of an attempted bombing near New York City’s Gracie Mansion are naturalized U.S. citizens who immigrated from Afghanistan and own a house in suburban Pennsylvania worth about $2.25 million.Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, and Emir Balat, 18, both from Pennsylvania, were arrested last week after throwing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during a protest outside New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s official residence. The devices did not explode and no one was injured. The incident is being investigated as an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attempt.Public records show Kayumi’s parents live in Newtown, Pennsylvania, in a large 5,800-square-foot house with six bedrooms and five bathrooms. According to the New York Post, the property is worth approximately $2.2 million to $2.25 million. Kayumi’s parents were born in Afghanistan and later became naturalized U.S. citizens in 2004 and 2009, according to law enforcement. There is no public evidence linking Kayumi’s parents to the bombing plot; authorities have focused their investigation on the actions of the two suspects themselves. The second suspect, Emil Barat, is also a U.S. citizen. His parents were born in Türkiye and became naturalized U.S. citizens in 2017. Barratt lives with his family in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, in a single-family home worth approximately $653,000.Following the incident, the FBI executed search warrants on both properties as part of a terrorism investigation. Law enforcement collected evidence from both homes, but no charges have been filed against any of the suspect’s family members.Kayumi and Balat were at a protest in Manhattan when they threw homemade explosive devices they said were capable of causing serious harm, according to police and prosecutors. At least one device contained volatile compounds used in international terrorist attacks. It consists of nuts, bolts, and fuses stored in a jar.
