Uzbek terrorist appears shackled in court in a wheelchair after it emerges he had thousands of ISIS videos on his phone, asked to fly terror flag in his hospital room and chose Halloween because he thought more people would be on the streets
• According to a criminal complaint, Saipov admitted that he was inspired by ISIS
• Saipov asked federal agents to hang an ISIS flag in his hospital room and said he 'felt good about what he had done'
The Muslim immigrant from Uzbekistan accused of carrying out Tuesday's terror attack in Manhattan entered court Wednesday evening in a wheelchair, handcuffed and with his feet shackled, to face terrorism charges filed against him by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Sayfullo Saipov, 29, wore a gray shirt and was surrounded by five guards while in his wheelchair inside a New York federal courthouse after he was charged with providing material support to a terrorist group and committing violence and destruction of motor vehicles. -- More...
FBI: Terrorist Planned To Continue Killing Spree On The Brooklyn BridgePolice: Sayfullo Saipov Planned Attack For Weeks, Did It 'In The Name Of ISIS'
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Federal prosecutors announced late Wednesday afternoon that terror charges were filed against the suspected assailant in Tuesday’s attack in Lower Manhattan that left eight people dead.
“Yesterday afternoon, a man consumed by hate and a twisted ideology attacked our country and our city,” said Joon Kim, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. -- More..Pictures of the victims: The two American men killed alongside a Belgian mother-of-two and five Argentine friends who were all mowed down by ISIS terrorist in New York terror attack
Darren Drake, 32, from New Jersey was biking between work meetings to try to lose weight and was hit
Nicholas Cleves, 23, a recent college graduate from Manhattan was also killed in the terror attack
Ann-Laure Decadt, 31, a mother-of-two from Roeselare in West Flanders, was with her mother and sisters
She died in hospital after being rushed away by the scene along with 12 other people who were injured
Five Argentinian men who were visiting the city also died after being knocked off their Citibikes
Ariel Erlij, Hernán Mendoza, Diego Angelini, Alejandro Pagnucco and Hernán Ferruchi were all killed
Terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov, 29, drove for 17 blocks down the West Side Highway before coming to a stop
Nine people remain in hospital including one who had to undergo a double amputation to survive
Saipov was charged with federal terrorism offences on Wednesday and now faces the death penalty
The two American men killed alongside six foreign tourists in a terror attack in New York on Tuesday have been identified. -- More...
Terrorist behind deadly New York City attack had pledged loyalty to jihadist army
Investigators in New York City were left with a range of questions Tuesday after a driver plowed a pickup truck onto a bike path and into a crowd in Lower Manhattan, killing at least eight people and injuring 11.
The suspect, identified as Sayfullo Saipov, 29, is originally from Uzbekistan and is not a U.S. citizen, federal law enforcement sources have confirmed to Fox News. -- More...Terror suspect was a ‘very friendly’ Uzbek immigrant who drove for Uber
The man who mowed down eight people on the West Side Highway Tuesday afternoon was “very friendly” and working for Uber, his friend told The Post.
Kobiljon Matkarov, 37, met suspected terrorist Sayfullo Saipov in Florida about five years ago shortly after Saipov came from Uzbekistan– the two connected over their mutual heritage. -- More...
-- Daily Mail--The truck driver has been named as 29-year-old Sayfull Saipov, a resident of Florida
Eight people are dead and 11 have been injured after a truck mounted a bicycle path in lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, mowing down cyclists and runners while shouting 'Allahu Akbar'.
The 29-year-old driver, named as Sayfull Saipov, mounted the bicycle path at Houston Street at 3.05pm and drove 17 blocks downtown, knocking down victims before coming to a stop at Chambers Street where he eventually crashed in to a school bus. -- More...
In NYC, looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person. Law enforcement is following this closely. NOT IN THE U.S.A.!
The New York City Police Department is responding to reports of a shooting in Lower Manhattan Tuesday, a few blocks from the World Trade Center Memorial.
It was not immediately clear how many people were hurt.
'Several' dead after driver slams into crowd in Lower Manhattan, police say; 1 in custody
NY Post-- Up to six people were killed near Stuyvesant High School in lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon in a wild incident that involved a truck ramming into victims on the West Side bike path, police sources said.
The mayhem happened at West Street and Chambers Street at 3:15 p.m. The suspect was shot and is in police custody, cops said.-- More...
