(NY Post) The ISIS-inspired terrorist who killed eight people by ramming into them with a truck on a West Side Highway bike path in 2017 was convicted of a slew of terrorism and murder charges by a Manhattan federal jury Thursday.
The panel’s conviction of Sayfullo Saipov, 34, on 28 counts paves the way for the death penalty phase of the trial to begin — when jurors will decide whether he should be put to death for the murderous rampage.
The panel of three women and nine men deliberated for about six hours before returning the verdict to Judge Vernon Broderick.
The death penalty phase of the trial is tentatively scheduled to begin on Feb. 6.
