Who is Akayed Ullah?
The NYPD identified the suspect in the New York City subway bombing as Akayed Ullah. The immigrant from Bangladesh lives in Brooklyn. He has been in the United States for about seven years. Police said that Ullah was wearing what was described as a crude explosive device strapped to his body. It exploded while he walked in an underground passageway, police said. Police and federal agents came to a home in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn where neighbors said they have seen Ullah on a daily basis. But his family, in a statement, said he hasn't lived there in years.
New York City pipe bomb explosion
A man set off an explosive device that was strapped on his body in the subway system in the Times Square area during the busy Monday morning rush-hour commute. It happened around 7:30 a.m. in the subway system in the area of the Port Authority Bus Terminal at 42nd Street Station at 8th Avenue in Manhattan. The A, C and E line were evacuated as police searched for any additional explosives. The nearby Port Authority Bus Terminal was also evacuated.
Suspect's home searched
Police and federal agents searched the home of Akayed Ullah. He is an immigrant from Bangladesh and lives in Brooklyn. He has been in the United States for about seven years. Police said that Ullah was wearing what was described as a crude explosive device strapped to his body. It exploded while he walked in an underground passageway, police said.
Pipe bomb blast probe
A man set off an explosive device that was strapped on his body in the subway system in the Times Square area during the busy Monday morning rush-hour commute. The suspect is reportedly an ISIS-inspired immigrant from Bangladesh and lives in Brooklyn. The NYPD identified him as Akayed Ullah. He was taken into custody and rushed to the hospital.
Bike path suspect in court
The man accused of killing eight people and wounding 12 others in the West Side Highway Halloween terror attack faced a federal judge Tuesday. Sayfullo Saipov pleaded not guilty to the terrorism and murder charges that could result in the death penalty.
Protecting students from terrorism
P.S. 89 Principal Veronica Najjar always knew she would work with kids, but perhaps she wouldn't have guessed how often crisis management as a principal would be terrorism-related.
Tribeca victims remembered
The funeral for Darren Drake, 32, was held Monday. Drake was one of eight people killed last Tuesday when alleged terrorist Sayfullo Saipov rented a truck from a Home Depot in Passaic, New Jersey, and drove into a bike lane in Tribeca. Investigators say Saipov did so in the name of ISIS.
NYC Marathon under tight security
Just after a deadly attack in Lower Manhattan, the New York City Marathon was held under heightened security. The NYPD and other agencies deployed more personnel and equipment.
Vigil for victims of attack
The eight people who were killed when a rental truck barreled down a Manhattan bike path were remembered Thursday night at a vigil and memorial march. Five of the victims were part of a larger, close-knit group of friends who had graduated together from a school in Argentina in 1987. The overall group of 10, most of them working as architects, regularly got together. During this trip, they were supposed to tour through Boston and New York.
Manhattan attack investigation
Federal authorities say Sayfullo Saipov was inspired by ISIS online videos, plotted an attack for two months, and even practiced the attack ahead of time. Police say he rammed a rental truck into pedestrians and cyclists on a West Side recreational path, killing eight people. Investigators say he had hoped to continue on to the Brooklyn Bridge to hit more pedestrians.
U.S. attorney general talks tough on terrorism
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is promising to stay tough on terrorism. In a pre-planned visit to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Lower Manhattan, Sessions called Tuesday's attack in Tribeca a reminder of threats from terrorists. Sessions seemed to rebut comments from President Donald Trump about how the justice system handles terror suspects.
Praise for hero NYPD cop
Officials and neighbors are praising a cop who stopped a terrorist from causing more carnage in the Manhattan attack. Nash is assigned to Lower Manhattan's 1st Precinct and has been on the force for five years. He was patrolling his regular beat near where the attack took place. He shot the suspect, Sayfullo Saipov, soon after the attack took place.
Prosecutor: ISIS inspired truck attacker
Saipov was charged with providing material support to terrorist group ISIS and violence and destruction of a motor vehicle that resulted in death, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim. Investigators found evidence that Saipov carried out the attack in the name of ISIS, Kim said, adding that Saipov told investigators that he was inspired by gruesome videos of ISIS fighters killing prisoners and that he had planned the attack for two months.
Truck attack probe
John Miller, deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism, said that Sayfullo Saipov knew exactly what he was doing when he plowed into innocent people on the West Side bike path. In fact, officials claim Saipov followed step-by-step instructions put out by ISIS on social media on how to carry out a viscous act like this one.
Officials release information about attack
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Police Commissioner James O'Neill, and other officials spoke about the terror attack in Lower Manhattan. A man drove a rented Home Depot truck onto the bike/pedestrian path at West St/Houston St, headed south, and struck multiple people, killing eight.
Manhattan terror attack
The NYPD said that a 29-year-old man rammed a rental truck into several cyclists and pedestrians in Lower Manhattan Tuesday, killing eight people. The driver barreled along the bike path for the equivalent of about 14 blocks and collided with a small school bus. The driver got out and brandished weapons. A police officer with the 1st Precinct shot him. The chaotic incident unfolded just feet from the World Trade Center site.
Feds: NYC terror attack stopped
Federal officials claim that they have stopped a plan to carry out terror attacks at several locations in New York City, including Times Square, concert venues, subway stations, and more. A federal court on Friday unsealed indictments against three men in connection with the failed plot, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim. The men planned to carry out the attacks during summer 2016 in the name of ISIS, Kim said.
U.S.-Iran tensions stirred at U.N.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday remained cryptic on his impending decision regarding the Iran nuclear deal, which was entered into during President Obama's tenure. Recertifying it falls to Trump. He has already done so twice. Now another 90-day renewal deadline is October 15.
Terror suspect in Brooklyn federal court
One day after the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a U.S. citizen accused of fighting for al Qaeda had his day in federal court. Prosecutors are linking him to a bombing in Afghanistan. American-born Muhanad Mahmoud al Farekh, 31, was reportedly on a Pentagon kill list. But after Farekh was captured in Pakistan in 2015, the Obama administration allowed him to be tried in federal court in Brooklyn.
Terrorism aftermath in Spain
A manhunt is underway in Spain for at least one terrorism suspect still on the run. He is believed to be part of a Morocco-based terror cell. ISIS claimed responsibility for the carnage in Barcelona. A couple from California celebrating their first wedding anniversary together were on a delayed honeymoon in Barcelona. Jared Tucker and his wife Heidi were visiting Las Ramblas when a white van came barreling down the street and ran over innocent people in a murderous terror attack on a peaceful Thursday afternoon.