New York Attacker a Muslim Immigrant From Uzbekistan

By Leo Hohmann. A male immigrant from Uzbekistan in his late 20s drove a rented Home Depot truck into a group of pedestrians on a busy bike path in lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon, killing at least eight people and injuring nine as he shouted “Allahu Akbar,” which in English means “Allah is Greatest!”

The terror suspect’s name has not been released by authorities, but several news outlets are reporting it as Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov. He is a native of Uzbekistan who entered the U.S. around 2010 and was here on a green card, meaning he was a legal permanent resident, possibly a refugee.

He had once worked as an Uber driver.

Translated into English, the name Sayfullo means “”Sword of Allah,” and Habibullaevic means “Lover of Allah.”

Uzbekistan is a country in central Asia dominated by Islam with a Muslim population of more than 90 percent. (Read more from “New York Attacker a Muslim Immigrant From Uzbekistan” HERE)

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Suspect Claimed He Committed NYC Truck Attack for ISIS: Sources

By NBC New York. The 29-year-old man detained after a flatbed truck zoomed down a popular lower Manhattan bike path, killing at least 8 people and injuring nearly a dozen more, left a note in the vehicle claiming he committed the attack for ISIS, according to law enforcement sources.

Authorities said the man — identified by sources as Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, an Uber and truck driver living in Paterson, New Jersey, — is thought to be a “lone actor” in the attack in the Hudson River Greenway on Tuesday afternoon. U.S. counterintelligence officials added that no group has taken responsibility for the attack.

Sources said he rented the truck from a Home Depot in Passaic, drove over the George Washington Bridge and sped down the greenway for more than a dozen blocks before deliberately ramming into a school bus for children near Stuyvesant High School and P.S. 89.

The Uzbek national who is a permanent U.S. resident then shouted “Allahu Ackbar,” got out of that truck and was seen running through traffic on West Street with a pellet gun and a paintball gun before being shot in the abdomen by a police officer on patrol and taken into custody. He’s being treated at Bellevue Hospital. (Read more from “Suspect Claimed He Committed NYC Truck Attack for ISIS: Sources” HERE)

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