India, March 8 -- Unrest ensued near the residence of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani while an anti-Muslim protest was being held outside, when a counter-protestor demonstrating against the "Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City" event lit and threw a device at the protesting crowd.

This took place after someone from that group used pepper spray on the counterprotest.

Six people were arrested on Sunday in connection with the incident, with New York Police Department (NYPD) commissioner Jessica Tisch saying two of the individuals arrested were accused of handling and igniting improvised explosives, Bloomberg reported.

The incident took place late Saturday morning when someone from the anti-Islam protest associated with conservative i...