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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]] during the new year celebrations.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/02/nyregion/times-square-nyc-machete-attack.html</ref> |
| − | Bickford slashed one officer 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> | + | About two hours before the ball dropped in Times Square, Bickford slashed one officer 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 [[Islamism|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> | Bickford made statements in line with [[Islamism|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> | ||
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Revision as of 00:11, January 3, 2023
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 during the new year celebrations.[1] About two hours before the ball dropped in Times Square, Bickford slashed one officer in the head and then caused minor injuries to another officer before being shot in the shoulder.[2] 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."[3] Ahead of the attack, he asked his family to ‘repent to Allah’ in disturbing manifesto.[4][5]
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.”
References
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/02/nyregion/times-square-nyc-machete-attack.html
- ↑ https://www.foxnews.com/us/nye-slashing-suspect-trevor-bickford-charged-attempted-murder-police-officers
- ↑ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nypd-officers-injured-machete-attack-times-square-new-years-eve-rcna63855
- ↑ https://nypost.com/2023/01/01/suspect-in-nyc-cop-attack-wrote-disturbing-manifesto-sources/
- ↑ 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