According to the prosecutor Kim Sayfullo Saipov is said to have confessed that attack Having planned for two months. A good week before Tuesday’s fatal ride in which he saw cyclists and pedestrians on a bike path in the south Manhattans rammed and ran over with a pickup truck, he also practiced. “He confessed that on October 22nd, he rented a truck to practice the turns he made on the attack would take on Halloween, “said Kim. According to court records, S. chose Halloween because he hoped the streets would be full that day, and was proud of his as well attack.
Saipov also admitted that he was inspired by IS videos for the attack, said Kim. In a sack at the scene of the crime, investigators discovered cell phones on which thousands of photos related to IS were stored. In addition, investigators found around 90 videos that IS fighters show how they run over prisoners with tanks, behead them and shoot them in the face. At the scene of the crime, notes in Arabic were found that reminded of ISIS. According to court documents, S. even asked to hang an IS flag in his hospital room.
US President Trump shortly after the terrorist attack made IS responsible for the crime and ordered tightened security checks. Saipov is from Uzbekistan and has lived legally and with a work permit in the since 2010 United States.
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