Manhattan killer says he took a year to plan his attack, and was inspired by Islamic State
New York — An Uzbek immigrant accused of plowing a truck down a New York City bike path, killing eight people, told investigators he had been inspired by watching Islamic State videos and began planning the attack a year ago, according to a criminal complaint filed against him on Wednesday. Sayfullo Saipov, 29, who was admitted to hospital after he was shot by a police officer and arrested, confessed to authorities that he made a trial run with a rental truck on October 22 to practise turning the vehicle and "stated that he felt good about what he had done" after the attack, the complaint said. Five of the eight people who died in the attack were Argentinians from Rosario, on a high school reunion holiday. Flags flew at half-staff in Rosario, the country’s main grain-exporting hub, as well as hometown to leftist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and soccer great Lionel Messi, and the city declared three days of mourning. Suspect speaks The 10-page charging document said Saipov wai...
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