NEW YORK—The Uzbek immigrant accused of killing eight people by speeding a rental truck down a New York City bike path in October pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to murder and other criminal charges.
Sayfullo Saipov, 29, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick in Manhattan on Nov. 27. A court-appointed lawyer representing him, David Patton, declined to comment on the case after the hearing.
Saipov was arrested immediately after the Oct. 31 attack in which he plowed a truck down a bike lane on Manhattan’s West Side. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, which was the deadliest assault on New York City since Sept. 11, 2001.
