Predictable: Daesh claims responsibility for New York terrorist attack

Sputnik
Fri, 03 Nov 2017 06:28 UTC

Daesh said that the attacker in the deadliest terrorist attack in New York since 9/11, is a member of the terrorist organisation.

Daesh terror group has claimed responsibility for the Tuesday's terrorist attack that killed eight in New York City in its online publication. The terrorist organisation said in its weekly newspaper issue that the attacker was one of their "soldiers", Reuters reported.

The newspaper failed to provide any evidence to support such claims, however.

Earlier, multiple reports revealed that the attacker left a note in the truck used to commit the attack pledging allegiance to Daesh. After securing a warrant to go through his phone records, investigators found that the suspect had been watching Daesh videos of terrorists shooting prisoners in the face, running people over and beheading people.

Uzbek national Sayfullo Saipov, 29, was charged first with providing material support and resources to Daesh, and second with the destruction he caused resulting in the death of eight people on a Manhattan bike path.

The Manhattan attack was the deadliest act of terror in New York since the 2001 9/11 attacks, which killed some 3,000. US President Donald Trump spoke in favor of capital punishment for the attacker.