Post by Admin on Nov 1, 2017 14:24:00 GMT -4
Feds interviewed NYC terror suspect in 2015
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The driver who killed eight people in the Manhattan terror attack was interviewed by feds in 2015 – but officials didn’t have enough information on him to open a case, according to a new report.
Authorities with the Department of Homeland Security Investigations Unit had probed Sayfullo Saipov about his possible ties to suspect terrorists, ABC News reported Wednesday.
Saipov’s name and address was listed as a “point of contact” for two men whose names were on the Counterterrorism and Criminal Exploitation Unit’s list after they arrived in the US from “threat countries,” a federal source told ABC.
Saipov was interviewed two years ago in Paterson, New Jersey, where he has a current address. The 29-year-old Uzbek native came to the US through a Diversity Visa Program lottery in 2010 – making him a legal permanent resident.
His online social media activity has linked him to others who are or were subjects of terror probes, ABC said. But it’s not clear whether he was part of a cell or directed to carry out Tuesday’s deadly attack.
Saipov was carrying a note pledging allegiance to ISIS and an image of the Islamic State flag inside his Home Depot rental truck, which he used to plow into people along a bike path on the West Side. Eight people were killed and 11 were injured.
