Saipov, a domestic terrorist was charged by feds for supporting ISIS and using a motor vehicle to cause multiple deaths, which 8 bicyclists were reported killed at a busy Manhattan bike trail. 6 died at the scene and 2 at a local hospital.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
November 1, 2017
Manhattan, New York - On Wednesday, Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, 29, of Tampa, Florida was charged by federal authorities with two federal counts for material support of ISIS, and violence and destruction of motor vehicles used to commit multiple murders. Authorities recovered a note from the Home Depot truck that he rented to plow into unsuspecting bicyclists and pedestrians at a bike trail in Manhattan.
Several cellphones were also recovered and authorities discovered videos of ISIS beheading victims and also ISIS tanks running over victims, which according to the feds, it inspired Saipov to commit a terrorist act.
On Tuesday, Saipov was taken into custody after he was shot in the abdomen by a NYC police officer assigned to the area responding to a report that a truck driver had gotten into a bicycle/pedestrian path (trail) and struck multiple bicyclists and pedestrians at a busy West Side lower Manhattan bike trail and then crashing into a school bus. Saipov killed 8 bicylists and injured more than a dozen people at a bike trail just several blocks from the World Trade Center, acording to police.
Saipov was taken to a local hospital for a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He is a permanent resident and is originally from Uzbekistan, according to federal authorities who joined the investigation with local police. Saipov legally immigrated to the U.S. in 2010 and holds a valid immigration green card.
Saipov apparently rented a Home Depot flatbed truck in New Jersey and used to strike bicyclists on Tuesday afternoon around 3:05 p.m., police reported. Witnesses at the scene say that he chanted in Arabic, "Allah' Akbar" which means God is Great when he exited the truck after crashing into a school bus. Two adults and two children were in the bus.
Sayfullo Saipov federal criminal complaint (PDF) https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1008081/download
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