NEW YORK — The attack fits a pattern of deadly vehicle attacks throughout Europe over the past two years. The first federal death penalty trial of the Biden administration opens Monday in New York City, where Sayfullo Saipov is charged with the 2017 killings of eight people when he allegedly plowed a rental truck into pedestrians and cyclists along the West Side Highway.
St. Charles County Department of Corrections via Getty ImagesNEW YORK — The attack fits a pattern of deadly vehicle attacks throughout Europe over the past two years.
Saipov, a native of Uzbekistan who lived in Florida, Ohio and New Jersey following his arrival in the United States, has pleaded not guilty to charges that include murder in the aid of racketeering. "Moments after Saipov got out of the truck, he yelled, in substance and in part, 'Allah Akbar,'" according to charging documents filed in the case.Prosecutors alleged Saipov rented the pickup nine days before the attack"so he could practice making turns with the truck in advance of his attack," prosecutors said.
"Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov caused injury, harm, and loss to the families and friends of Diego Enrique Angelini, Nicholas Cleves, Ann-Laure Decadt, Darren Drake, Ariel Erlij, Hernan Ferruchi, Hernan Diego Mendoza, and Alejandro Damian Pagnucco," according to court records. Five of the victims were tourists from Argentina.
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