The truck driver, who killed eight and injured more people in a terrorist act in New York, was inspired by the Daesh Takfiri group to kill those celebrating Halloween, prosecutors allege.
Tuesday’s attack, marking the deadliest one in New York since 9/11, made US President Donald Trump describe the 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov as an “enemy combatant.”
“I believe we would consider this person to be an enemy combatant,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said during the Wednesday press briefing.
‘Saipov in Gitmo’
The president, who had earlier referred to Saipov as an “animal,”further speculated that he may send him to the Guantanamo Bay prison, also known as Gitmo.
“I would certainly consider it. Send him to Gitmo,” he said earlier in the day. “I would certainly consider it.”
“We have to…