“It appears that Mr. Saipov had been planning this for a number of weeks,” New York Deputy Police Commissioner John Miller told a news conference. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that Saipov had been radicalized while living in the United States. Police said he entered the United States in 2010. The New York Times said Saipov had come to the attention of law enforcement in the past. Last week an Uzbekistan citizen living in Brooklyn was sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring to support Islamic State.

Source: bd News24 November 01, 2017 16:07 UTC