New York attacker struck in the name of Islamic State, official says
NEW YORK - The suspect in the deadly truck attack in New York that left eight people dead on Halloween had planned the act of terrorism for weeks and left handwritten notes indicating that the extremist group Islamic State would endure forever, officials said Wednesday.
The suspect, Sayfullo Saipov, staged the attack Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan "in the name of" Islamic State and had multiple knives in addition to pellet and paintball guns, said New York Police Department Deputy Commissioner John Miller.
Investigators worked through the night to determine what led Saipov, a 29-year-old who came to the U.S. from Uzbekistan legally in March 2010, to plow a
