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An alleged anti-ICE activist was taken into custody after setting off fireworks and brandishing two airsoft rifles outside an immigration court building in lower Manhattan on Monday morning, five law enforcement officials told MS NOW.
Sources told MS NOW that two people were injured and were being treated at the scene, while another person was undergoing tests.
Officials said the fireworks were in a shopping cart and the man doused them with an accelerant and ignited them.
He also “threatened” nearby pedestrians with an airsoft rifle, MS NOW reported. An airsoft rifle is a type of pellet gun that typically uses a spring or compressed air to fire a plastic ball.
The FBI told CNBC in a statement that someone set off an “incendiary device” outside 26 Federal Plaza, where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field offices are located.
The FBI’s New York Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the incident, the bureau announced.
The NYPD Public Affairs Office earlier told CNBC that “someone had set off fireworks” outside the Immigration Services building.
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