Jury selection is now underway in the trial of a man accused of killing eight people on a New York City bike path on Halloween in 2017.
He then jumped out of the truck with what turned out to be a fake gun in each hand and shouted what witnesses said was "Allahu Akbar," Arabic for "God is great," authorities said.
The mayhem and the burst of police gunfire set off panic in the neighborhood and left the pavement strewn with mangled bicycles and bodies that were soon covered with sheets. "I saw a lot of blood over there. A lot of people on the ground," Uber driver Chen Yi said the day of the attack. Originally from Uzbekistan, Saipov entered the United States legally in 2010 under a diversity visa program, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.Opening statements are expected to take place later this month or early in November.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.