HUFFPOST - Person In Custody After Setting Off Fireworks In Front Of New York Federal Building
Police arrested Andrew Arrabaca, a 43-year-old anti-ICE activist.
Police arrested Andrew Arrabaca, a 43-year-old anti-ICE activist.
Andrew Arrabaca, a United States Army veteran, has been named as the suspect who allegedly attacked a federal building in Manhattan, New York City, with an improvised incendiary device.
A suspected anti-ICE terrorist has been taken into custody after allegedly carrying out an attack on a federal facility in Lower Manhattan, New York City. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Andrew Arrabaca, a U.S. Army veteran, has been named as the suspect who allegedly attacked a federal building in Manhattan, New York City, with an improvised incendiary device. DETAIL: On Monday morning, a man started a fire by throwing a “makeshift incendiary device” made from fireworks and flammable liquid outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, New York City. No deaths were reported, although several people reportedly sustained minor injuries. The 43-year-old Arrabaca was taken into custody as a suspect later that day. Authorities claimed that…Open
New York City officials give an update on the arrest of former U.S. Army soldier Andrew Arrabaca as a suspect for the explosive device detonation at a federal building.
Authorities identified the suspect as 43-year-old Army Veteran Andrew Arrabaca, and said he allegedly threw a "makeshift incendiary device," outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, which was made up of fireworks and a flammable liquid.