Posted on 10/31/2017 6:12:14 PM PDT by Simon Green
The 29-year-old man detained after a flatbed truck drove down a popular lower Manhattan bike path, killing at least 8 people and injuring more than a dozen more, left a note in the truck claiming he committed the attack for ISIS, according to law enforcement sources.
Authorities said the man, identified by sources as Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, is thought to be a "lone actor" in the attack in the Hudson River Greenway on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities said he shouted "Allahu Akbar" at some point as he sped down the bike path and apparently deliberately rammed into a school bus for children with disabilities.
The Uzbek national living in New Jersey got out of that truck afterward and was seen running through traffic on West Street with a BB gun and a paintball gun before being shot in the abdomen by police and taken into custody. He's being treated at Bellevue Hospital, where he remains in custody.
Sources said Saipov lives in Paterson, New Jersey, but he had a Florida license with a Tampa address on him when he was arrested. Police and federal agents were seen swarming the neighborhood street where he was thought to live on Tuesday evening.
Residents in the area said that Saipov had a wife and two young children.
Kobiljon Matkarov, a Facebook friend of Saipov's, told NBC News that the two met while they were both living in Florida. He said his friend was working as a truck and Uber driver.
"He was very happy guy," said Matkarov, who is also from Uzbekistan. "he liked the US. he is no terrorist. He's all the time happy, smiling all the time."
U.S. intelligence officials said they had no knowledge of any terror groups claiming responsibility for the violence. Gov. Cuomo said that Saipov is thought to have acted alone in the attack.
Saipov also pleaded guilty to two traffic offenses in Pennsylvania between 2012 and 2015, according to records from the Keystone State. He was also arrested for at least one traffic incident in Missouri, though details of that arrest weren't immediately available. But there was no other information on whether the man had any other criminal record.
Just another OBAMA DREAMER...
And now that he's claimed to be a soldier for ISIS, we can treat him like one in a MILITARY court.
Do NOT send this Jihadist to a FEDERAL Court!
Yep he sure was..a diversity visa..ain’t diversity great! Gee I bet the media will still be trying to figure out that darn motive
“He was very happy guy,” said Matkarov, who is also from Uzbekistan. “he liked the US. he is no terrorist. He’s all the time happy, smiling all the time.”
So, what....let him go with apologies and compensation? Always love when they quote the denier.
Yes, Florida has a burgeoning Muslim population...but even as it is, don’t forget that the 9/11 jihadis spent time here and a number of other mass murdering Muslims have either lived here or passed through Florida.
Tampa is a hotbed of this stuff; the university there had a radical Islamist professor who was so bad even the leftists in the university system were finally forced to give up on him. Naturally, he left with full pay and benefits...
that piece of info needs to get out there
FoxNews said they didn’t have any confirmed information, except the shooter was a lone wolf.
So the question is - why is this piece of sh*t still breathing?
Did we get every bit of information we need out of him? If so, he should be assuming room temperature and tossed in a landfill pile somewhere. Preferably near a pig farm.
Yet another wonderful government sponsored immigrant?
Bankrupt his family, strip them of their citizenship and then deport.
Levin just spilled the beans on Hannity
I certainly hope that the US government considers building a new wing for ADX Florence, Colorado.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Penitentiary,_Florence_ADX
I'd bet those policies would change quickly.☺
A speedy military trial and speedy execution with Trump pulling the switch, or somehow present and directing the execution detail, would be justice served.
Was he declared a lone wolf before or after the police got there?
The left would have you believe he’s a closet bicyclist.
Tucker Carlson stated he got here on a diversity visa but when Shep Smith was on he did not mention that little detail.
Shep has a little too much... estrogen... to mention a fact like that.
Surprised Ol Sheppie wasn’t crying in outrage because the police shot the piece of sh*t sand flea.
PING
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