Terrorism probed in New Year's Eve Times Square machete attack on cops: Sources

Law enforcement sources told ABC News 19-year-old suspect Trevor Bickford aligned himself with jihadist statements in statements and writings.An "unprovoked" machete attack on three New York City police officers near Times Square on New Year's Eve is being investigated as a possible terrorist incident. The suspect is allegedly a 19-year-old man from Maine, whose online posts indicate recent Islamic radicalization, sources told ABC News.

Trevor Bickford, 19, suspected in the machete attack on three New York City police officers near Times Square on New Year's Eve, is pictured here in this undated photo. Federal and local law enforcement investigators are combing through the suspect's online postings, which indicate recent extremist Islamic radicalization, the sources said.

Prior to New Year's Eve, the NYPD noted in a pre-event assessment that throughout December "multiple pro-ISIS users disseminated extremist propaganda graphics broadly calling for attacks in advance of the New Year, advocating a wide range of low-tech tactics." Islamist terror groups have long promoted knife attacks.

The NYPD released an image of a weapon, saying it had been recovered at the scene. The weapon appeared to be a Gurkha knife, a type of curved blade, according to ABC News contributor Darrell M. Blocker, a retired CIA operative.

With complete Open Borders”, world terrorist groups have been replenished inside America…We will be attacked from within…

That's not a machete. It is a Kukri, a weapon closely associated with the Gurkhas.

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Then the suspect is of a certain color, the media takes it’s sweet time. 🙄

NYC cops escorting Nazi proud boys around also needs to be investigated

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