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Arrest Made After Manhattan Fireworks Device Injures Three

7/22/2026

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Authorities arrested Andrew Arrabaca for allegedly setting off an incendiary device outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan on July 20, 2026, with gasoline and fireworks, and firing rifle pellets that injured two employees and a civilian.
Police found a cart with fireworks, rifles, a pellet gun and other weapons.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was relieved no one was killed and the FBI Terrorism Task Force will investigate, with Arrabaca appearing July 22, 2026.

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Authorities arrested Andrew Arrabaca for allegedly setting off an incendiary device outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan on July 20, 2026, with gasoline and fireworks, and firing rifle pellets that injured two employees and a civilian.
Police found a cart with fireworks, rifles, a pellet gun and other weapons.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was relieved no one was killed and the FBI Terrorism Task Force will investigate, with Arrabaca appearing July 22, 2026.