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Army Veteran Arrested for Arson in New York City

7 articles from 6 outlets First seen: July 20, 2026
Outlets: 2 left · 2 center · 2 right · Earliest publisher-stamped report: Fox News

The Pure Report account · 5 sources · as of Jul 22, 00:45 UTC Contested

Andrew Arrabaca was arrested on Monday in connection with setting a fire outside a federal building in New York City. He is 43 years old. The incident involved an incendiary device. Arrabaca was armed with two axes, a machete, three knives and fireworks.

What we know

  • Andrew Arrabaca was arrested in connection with the incident.
    receipt “Andrew Arrabaca, 43, was arrested on Monday in connection with the incident” — verbatim from The Daily Beast · article
  • Andrew Arrabaca is 43 years old.
    receipt “Andrew Arrabaca, 43” — verbatim from The Daily Beast · article
  • The incident occurred outside a federal building in New York City.
    receipt “setting a fire outside a federal building in New York City” — verbatim from The Daily Beast · article

Attributed reporting

  • According to BBC, Andrew Arrabaca was armed with two axes, a machete, three knives and fireworks.
    receipt “Andrew Arrabaca, 43, was armed with two axes, a machete, three knives and fireworks, says the FBI.” — verbatim from BBC · article
  • According to The Hill, the incident involved an incendiary device.
    receipt “he set off an explosive at a federal building in New York City” — verbatim from The Hill · article

Sources disagree

Number of injuries
two minor injuries
Fox News
three people reported injured
Guardian

Framing spectrum · 6 outlets

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Range 4–33/100 (Wire-neutral → Mainstream) Average 17 Articles by lean: 2 left · 2 center · 3 right

Coverage patterns

Earliest report in our feed set (publisher timestamps): Fox News (right), Jul 20, 16:38 UTC.

Lean Outlets Articles Who
Left 2 2 Guardian, The Daily Beast
Center 2 2 BBC, The Hill
Right 2 3 Fox News, Washington Examiner
Report-by-report timeline · 7

Coverage patterns reflect only the ~50 feeds Pure Report ingests — not the full media universe. Timestamps are publisher-reported. Lean labels are Pure Report's classification. Articles are grouped by automated clustering, and counts include syndicated wire copies.

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