The man who mowed down pedestrians and bicyclists in Manhattan with a pickup truck on Tuesday said he was a member of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group and expressed "satisfaction" with his act, federal prosecutors said Wednesday, charging him with terrorism charges. According to the prosecution's 10-page indictment, during his questioning at Bellevue Hospital, where the attacker Saifulo Saipov was treated after being injured during his arrest on Tuesday, the man did not show the slightest remorse and said he was "satisfied with what he did ».
He had long planned his strike and was inspired by Islamic propaganda videos.
The charges were brought just 24 hours after the terrorist attack, the deadliest since the September 11, 2001 attacks, in which eight people were killed and 8 others were injured.
The 29-year-old had rented a van on October 22 in order to do a general test of his murder plan. Regarding the findings that the police found in the white van of the attack, these are: two mobile phones with about 90 ISIS videos in which there are scenes of executions with weapons, beheadings, but also instructions on how to make a bomb.
At the same time, according to the indictment, the 29-year-old perpetrator of the attack deliberately chose October 31, a day to celebrate Halloween, as he knew that the streets of New York would be full of people to celebrate. According to the authorities, the date was not chosen by chance, as Saipov wanted to kill as many people as possible. In fact, according to other information, he wanted his killing route to be longer and reach the Brooklyn Bridge.
As it became known, the 29-year-old Uzbek reportedly asked the hospital where he was treated after being shot to wave the black flag of the Islamic State in his room.
Donald Trump has called for the death penalty.
"He must be given the death penalty," the US president wrote in an angry post on Twitter.
The FBI is also looking for a second person
Meanwhile, the FBI in a statement yesterday asked the public for information about one more man in connection with the attack, as the "lone wolf" scenario, that is, that Saipov acted alone, does not seem convincing. So he released the photo of another man from Uzbekistan. This is Mukhamandzor Kadyrov, who was born in 1984 and is said to be related to 29-year-old Saipov
Source: TheToc
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