Student Alexander Yan-Nan Wang, 19, arrested at Trump Tower for carrying knife, handcuffs, strangling wire, firework and water pistol

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Alexander Wang of Baruch College was arrested at around 6.35pm Monday
He put a bag containing the knife and other items in a metal detector
Wang told cops he's a survivalist and Donald Trump fan, and always carries them
He said he'd taken the weapons into the tower ten times; twice after the election
He's received two weapons counts, for the knife and the wire

Published: 13:10 EST, 13 December 2016 | Updated: 13:11 EST, 13 December 2016

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A 19-year-old college student has been arrested at Trump Tower after police discovered he was carrying weapons, a firework, and restraining tools.

Alexander Wang, who studies finance at Baruch College, was stopped on Monday at around 6.35pm and found to be carrying a hunting knife, a wire used for strangling, eight feet of black rope, handcuffs, an M-100 firework and a water pistol.

The items were spotted after Wang - who says he is a Trump fan, according to the New York Daily News - put his backpack into a metal detector at the entrance of the heavily guarded building.

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Arrested: Alexander Wang, 19, was arrested after entering Trump Tower (pictured) with a knife, garroting wire, firework and handcuffs on Monday. They were spotted in metal detectors

Wang - full name Alexander Yan-Nan Wang - told police that he was only in the building because he likes to study there, and that as a survivalist he carries the items with him all the time.

He also told them that he'd visited Trump Tower ten times before while carrying the same items without any problems - including two visits directly after the election.

Wang also claimed to enjoy setting fireworks off down by the East River, and told police that he had more explosives at home.

They raided his dorm room and found more fireworks inside an ammo box.

Police arrested Wang on two counts of weapons possession - for the hunting knife and the wire, or 'garrote'.

It's not known exactly what the garrote - a weapon that typically has handles at either end to stop the user's fingers from being cut on the wire as they strangle their victim - was made from.

Wang is from the city of Poughquag in upstate New York, and was highlighted as 'Men's Cross Country Rookie of the Week' by CUNY Athletic Conference in 2015.

His Facebook posts include photos of a crucifix and a Biblical quote.

Police said they found no evidence that he was linked to any militias or terrorist groups.

In trouble: Wang told police that he's a survivalist, that he'd brought the items into the tower (pictured) before, and that he just likes to go into the tower to study finance