Man convicted in 2017 ISIS-inspired terror attack on Halloween that killed 8 in New York

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A jury found Sayfullo Saipov guilty in the deadly West Side Highway terror attack on Halloween 2017 in Manhattan.

The jury reached its verdict after about six hours of deliberations over two days. Jurors sent several notes that indicated some confusion about the charges but came to a unanimous verdict on the 11th day of the trial.The defense called no witnesses but said Saipov did not carry out the attack to join ISIS as prosecutors said. Rather the defense said Saipov intended to die a martyr.

Prosecutors said Saipov turned the West Side Highway bike bath into his battlefield and chose Halloween because he thought there would be more people out. The attack ended when Saipov crashed into a school bus but had that crash not happened prosecutors said he would have continued the rampage on the Brooklyn Bridge.

 

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