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'''Trevor Bickford''' (b. ca. 2003) is the young man who converted to [[Islam]], became fixated with Jihadism, had traveled from his hometown Wells, [[Maine]], to [[NYC]] to attack cops on New Year's Eve with a machete, just outside [[Times Square]].<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/02/nyregion/times-square-nyc-machete-attack.html</ref>
'''Trevor Bickford''' (b. ca. 2003) is the young man who converted to [[Islam]], became fixated with Jihadism, had traveled from his hometown Wells, [[Maine]], to [[NYC]] to attack cops on New Year's Eve with a machete, just outside [[Times Square]].<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/02/nyregion/times-square-nyc-machete-attack.html</ref>
Bickford slashed one cop in the head and then caused minor injuries to another officer before being shot in the shoulder.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/nye-slashing-suspect-trevor-bickford-charged-attempted-murder-police-officers</ref>
Bickford slashed one cop in the head and then caused minor injuries to another officer before being shot in the shoulder.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/nye-slashing-suspect-trevor-bickford-charged-attempted-murder-police-officers</ref>
Bickford made statements in line with Islamic extremist ideologies overnight in the hospital. After his arrest, he allegedly told investigators he targeted police because they are "enemies of the state."<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nypd-officers-injured-machete-attack-times-square-new-years-eve-rcna63855</ref>
Ahead of the attack, he asked his
Ahead of the attack, he asked his
family to ‘repent to Allah’ in disturbing manifesto.<ref>https://nypost.com/2023/01/01/suspect-in-nyc-cop-attack-wrote-disturbing-manifesto-sources/</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11591463/FBI-raid-Maine-home-19-year-old-Trevor-Bickford-attacking-three-NYPD-cops-near-Time-Square.html</ref>
family to ‘repent to Allah’ in disturbing manifesto.<ref>https://nypost.com/2023/01/01/suspect-in-nyc-cop-attack-wrote-disturbing-manifesto-sources/</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11591463/FBI-raid-Maine-home-19-year-old-Trevor-Bickford-attacking-three-NYPD-cops-near-Time-Square.html</ref>
A day before the attack the [[NYPD]] issued a bulletin to other law enforcement agencies alerting them to a video call from Isis for individual attacks by extremists. The bulletin’s headline read “[[ISIS]]-Aligned Media Unit Releases Video Ahead of New Year’s Eve, Demanding Lone Offender Attacks.”
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