The suspected assassin of New York has first appeared in court after a criminal application for support for a terrorist organization. Sayfullo S. Are accused of supporting terror militia "Islamic State" as well as lethal violence and destruction with a vehicle, said prosecutor Joon Kim. In case of a conviction, 29-year-old can threaten death penalty or life imprisonment, said Kim. The death penalty demanded US president Donald Trump had already requested night to Thursday in a tweet.

The S., which was treated for injuries in hospital, appeared on Wednesday in a wheelchair in handcuffs in front of a judge, as US media reported. At ten-minute hearing, he answered some questions about an interpreter in Russian, New York Post reported.

S. have been confessing to have planned attack with eight dead and eleven injured for two months, said Kim. Well, a week before deadly ride from Tuesday, where he rammed and drove cyclists and pedestrians on a cycle path in sourn Manhattan with a small truck, he also practiced. "He confessed that on October 22nd he rented a truck to practice curves he would take on attack on Halloween," Kim said. According to court records, S. Halloween chose, because he hoped for full roads that day, and n was proud of his attack.

Sayfullo S. have been inspired by IS-videos

S. Also admitted that he was inspired by IS videos to attack, Kim said. In a bag at crime scene, investigators would have discovered cell phones where thousands of photos were stored in connection with IS. In addition, investigators found about 90 videos, which are fighters show how y cruelly treat or kill prisoners. The scene also found notes written in Arabic, reminiscent of IS. According to court documents, S. Even asked to hang an IS flag in his hospital room.

According to Kim, despite criminal application, it is possible that s. is classified as a "hostile fighter". He could be held by US government as a prisoner of war and put in front of a military tribunal like one at Guantánamo in Cuba. For this classification, for example, Senators were pronounced Lindsey Graham and John McCain. The decision about it is "clearly above my salary level" and must be taken by ors, Kim said.

Trump had pondered to have s. Sent to Guantánamo, but on Thursday deviated from this idea. "Statistically, this process would take much longer than federal system," tweeted Trump. According to New York Times, no one has ever been sent to Guantánamo arrested on American soil. Looking at penalty for S. Trump wrote: "He killed eight people and injured 12 seriously. He should get death penalty! "

In assassination, eight people died on Tuesday and eleven ors were injured. Vice-Chief of police John Miller had said, apparently, S. "Instructions of is almost to point closely followed". Trump had already made is responsible for act and ordered heightened security checks. S. is from Uzbekistan and has been living legally and with work permits in United States since 2010.

New York's FBI director Bill Sweeney said investigation was not finished with criminal application. "We will not stop before any clue is checked."

Date Of Update: 03 November 2017, 12:02