New York Truck Attack Suspect Followed ISIS Plans: Police

New York Truck Attack Suspect Followed ISIS Plans: Police
Police investigate a vehicle on the West Side Highway in Manhattan on Oct. 31, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
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NEW YORK—An Uzbek immigrant suspected of killing eight people in New York City by crashing a truck through a crowd on a bike path followed online plans from ISIS terrorist group and left a note saying the militant group would “endure forever,” police said on Wednesday.

Police said they had interviewed Sayfullo Saipov, 29, who is in hospital after an officer shot him, ending the riverfront rampage. They said he appeared to have been planning the attack for weeks and that investigators recovered notes and knives at the scene.