New Charges Filed Against Tribeca Terrorist: Report

TRIBECA, NY — Manhattan federal prosecutors charged the man accused of killing eight people and injuring more than a dozen in a Lower Manhattan terrorist attack last year, with six additional attempted murder charges on top of the eight counts of murder he already faces, according to newly filed court papers review by the New York Post.

A grand jury delivered the superseding indictment in the high-profile case on Wednesday, prosecutors with Manhattan US Attorney Geoffrey Berman told a Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday, reported The Post.

Paterson, NJ resident Sayfullo Saipov, 30, is accused of using a Home Depot rental truck to mow down dozens of pedestrians as he sped through a bike path in Lower Manhattan last Halloween. Saipov was arrested after he was shot by the NYPD and following the attack asked if he could fly an ISIS flag inside his Bellevue Hospital room during his recovery, authorities have said.

Prosecutors added the six counts of attempted murder in aid of racketeering, which carry a potential sentence of 10 years, and eight new counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, each carry a sentence of up to 20 years if convicted, reported The Post.

Saipov faces the death penalty with the eight murder charges and the violence and destruction of a motor vehicle charge against him. He is expected to be arraigned on the new charges Friday, the newspaper reports.

Lead image: Undated photo provided by St. Charles County Department of Corrections via KMOV shows Sayfullo Saipov. (St. Charles County Department of Corrections/KMOV via AP)