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A man described as an anti-ICE activist was taken into custody after setting off fireworks and wielding two airsoft rifles outside an immigration court building in lower Manhattan on Monday morning, five law enforcement sources told MS NOW.
Two people were injured and treated on the scene, and another person is being checked, the sources told MS NOW.
The FBI earlier Monday told CNBC that an individual set off “an incendiary device” outside of 26 Federal Plaza, which contains a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office.
The FBI’s New York Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the incident, which took place outside of 26 Federal Plaza, the agency said in a statement.
The New York Police Department’s public information office told CNBC that “somebody set off fireworks” outside the immigration building.
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