NEW YORK — A rare New York capital murder trial got underway Monday, with prosecutors describing in chilling detail the 2017 terrorist attack on Manhattan’s west side bike path.
Sayfullo Saipov appeared in Manhattan federal court to fight charges he murdered eight people and injured 11 in the name of the Islamic State terrorist group when he plowed down the bike path in a truck rented from a New Jersey Home Depot.
“It was a scene of destruction and horror,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander Nuo Li said in his opening argument.
