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Alleged ISIS-loving wannabe terrorists Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, and Emir Balat, 18, grew up with successful immigrant families in idyllic, white-picket-fence suburban Pennsylvania before they tried to detonate IEDs near Gracie Mansion, The Post has learned.
Kayumi’s parents even own a gorgeous, $2.25 million home in scenic Newtown, symbolizing the family attaining the American Dream after arriving from Afghanistan decades ago, records show.
The Balat family lives about 12 miles away, in a comfortable 3,200-square-foot, two-story house worth a respectable $653,000 in leafy Langhorne, Penn. His parents hailed from Turkey and became naturalized US citizens in 2017, according to Fox News.
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Authorities said the pair — who allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS after their arrests — appeared to have been radicalized online and plotted to detonate deadly homemade bombs at an anti-Muslim protest outside Gracie Mansion on Saturday afternoon.
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Kayumi and Balat allegedly traveled from the blissful rows of McMansions in Bucks County to the Big Apple and hurled homemade bombs at racist agitator Jake Lang’s anti-Muslim demonstration outside the mayoral residence on the Upper East Side, where a counter-protest was also taking place Saturday.
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Kayumi’s parents became naturalized citizens between 2004 and 2009 after leaving war-torn Afghanistan, Fox News reported.
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Kayumi admitted he had watched ISIS propaganda on his phone, documents state.
Sources with knowledge of the investigation told The Post that both suspects had traveled overseas in recent years, including Istanbul, Turkey – a known hotspot for ISIS training.
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