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Elizabeth Keogh

Times Square jihadist who attacked 3 officers with machete now faces federal charges

NEW YORK — The man accused of attacking three police officers with a machete steps away from New Year’s Eve revelers in Times Square is facing federal charges on top of state criminal charges, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Trevor Bickford, a self-declared jihadist, was indicted last week in Manhattan Supreme Court on multiple counts of terrorism and attempted murder for the ambush on Eighth Avenue and W. 52nd Street on Dec. 31.

Bickford is in New York state custody and is expected to appear in Manhattan federal court on an unspecified date, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a Tuesday statement.

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