NYPD Probe Launched After Car Bomb Threat Targets Zohran Mamdani
NEW YORK CITY, QUEENS, JUN 19 – NYPD investigates four anti-Muslim death threats targeting Mamdani amid a tight mayoral race, highlighting rising Islamophobia linked to his progressive platform, police said.
- The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating death threats against New York City mayoral candidate and Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani.
- Multiple death threats, including a threat to blow up his car, were received by Mamdani's campaign, revealing alarming violent language.
- The threats included Islamophobic statements and were left via voicemail in Mamdani's Queens office.
- Mamdani described the situation as an "atrocious threat of political violence" against him and his family.
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Hate Crimes Task Force investigating bomb threats against Mamdani: NYPD
The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force launched a probe into multiple death threats made against Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani after his district office at 24-08 32nd St. in Astoria received four expletive-filled phone voicemails, on various dates, making threatening anti-Muslim statements by an unknown individual, including a threat to blow up his car. The calls were made from an untraceable number and labeled the mayoral candidate a “terrorist who
'Terrorist piece of s**t': Muslim NYC mayoral candidate gets car-bomb threat — despite not owning a car
The NYPD's hate crimes unit is having a tough time investigating threats against Zohran Mamdani, a candidate for mayor in New York City. According to Mamdani's office, he has received four voicemails in the last few months that have hurled threats of violence, including against his family and home.
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