Suspect in deadly Manhattan bakkie attack said to have claimed an Islamic State link
New York — The man accused of killing eight people by racing a bakkie down a New York City bike path on Tuesday may have worked as a driver and lived in New Jersey after emigrating from Uzbekistan seven years ago, according to authorities and media reports. Few other details about the 29-year-old suspect have emerged since the Tuesday afternoon rampage in lower Manhattan, blocks from the site of the September 11 2001 attacks that destroyed the landmark World Trade Center Twin Towers. Police have declined to identify the man but a source familiar with the investigation identified him as Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov and said he was not a US citizen. His immigration status was not immediately clear. Saipov was shot by a police officer while attempting to flee minutes after the attack and was whisked away to a local hospital, where he was recovering from an abdominal wound. With authorities saying they believed the attack was a "terrorist event", the lack of disclosure may reflect the ...
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