FILE - This undated file photo provided by the St. Charles County Department of Corrections in St. Charles, Mo., shows Sayfullo Saipov. Saipov, 34, is charged with killing eight people on a New York City bike path in a terror attack five years ago. A jury is expected to begin hearing closing arguments Tuesday in the trial of the Islamic radical who killed eight people in a vehicle attack on a waterfront bicycle path in New York City in 2017. Saipov could get the death penalty if convicted. (St. Charles County, Mo., Department of Corrections/KMOV via AP, File)
Bike Path Attack
NEW YORK (AP) — An Islamic extremist who killed eight people with a speeding truck in a 2017 rampage on a popular New York City bike path has been convicted of federal charges and could face the death penalty. Jurors found Sayfullo Saipov guilty on Thursday. Prosecutors say the Halloween attack was inspired by his reverence for the Islamic State group. The jury announced its verdict in a Manhattan courtroom just a few blocks from where Saipov’s attack ended. The jury will return to court within days to hear more evidence to help decide whether Saipov should be executed or spend the rest of his life in prison.
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