A "ghost bike" and flowers at the intersection of Chambers and West Streets adorn a memorial for the victims of the Halloween terrorist attack which killed eight, seen on Thursday, November 2, 2017. Sayfullo Saipov, allegedly inspired by Isis, killed 8 and injured 11 as he drove a rented truck down a bike path in the New York neighborhood of Tribeca. (Photo by Richard B. Levine)
NY: Memorial for victims of New York terrorist attack
NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor says the man who killed eight people on a Manhattan bike path five years ago in a bid to impress a terrorist group was happy with himself when he met FBI agents later that day. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Richman told a Manhattan federal court jury Tuesday in closing arguments that Sayfullo Saipov was smiling and proud after the Oct. 31, 2017 attack with a rented truck. Richman urged them to convict Saipov of all charges. A defense lawyer, though, said they should at least spare his client on a racketeering charge by rejecting the prosecution’s claim that he killed people so he could join the Islamic State group.
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