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Law Enforcement

Radicalized Maine teen Trevor Bickford pleads not guilty in Times Square machete attack

February 8, 2023 Elizabeth Rosner and Steve Janoski  

(NY Post) The alleged wannabe jihadist accused of attacking three NYPD cops with a foot-long blade on New Year’s Eve pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a litany of state charges. Trevor Bickford, 19, of Maine, avoided eye contact with Acting Justice Gregory Carro as […]

Law Enforcement

Alleged wannabe jihadist Trevor Bickford, accused of machete attack on NYC cops, to remain behind bars

February 6, 2023 Ben Feuerherd  

(NY Post) The alleged wannabe jihadist accused of attacking three NYPD cops with a machete-like weapon on New Year’s Eve was ordered held without bail Monday. In his first appearance in Manhattan federal court, suspect Trevor Thomas Bickford, 19, of Maine consented […]

Books

Salman Rushdie breaks silence after attack: I have PTSD, nightmares

February 6, 2023 Jesse O'Neill  

(NY Post) Author Salman Rushdie spoke out for the first time since being brutally stabbed last summer at a literary event in western New York, saying he suffers post-traumatic stress from the “colossal” attack that left him partially blind. “There is such a […]

Government & Politics

NYC Council considering naming Harlem street to honor separatist Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad

January 29, 2023 Carl Campanile  

(NY Post) The City Council is set to rename a Harlem street after Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad — a figure civil rights activists consider a bigot who promoted black separatism. According to a street-naming list, the corner of West 127th […]

Crime

US charges alleged Iran-backed assassins in NYC murder plot

January 27, 2023 Steven Nelson and Caitlin Doornbos  

(NY Post) The Justice Department on Friday charged three Azerbaijani gangsters with plotting to murder a Brooklyn-based Iranian-American author and activist last year. The case stems from the July arrest of Khalid Mehdiyev, who was collared near Masih Alinejad’s home with an assault rifle after the beefy and […]

Legal

NYC bike path terrorist Sayfullo Saipov convicted on all counts in deadly 2017 attack

January 26, 2023 Ben Feuerherd  

(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 […]

Law Enforcement

Harrowing footage shows moment accused bike path terrorist is shot by NYPD cop

January 17, 2023 Ben Feuerherd  

(NY Post) New video shows the chaotic moment accused ISIS-inspired terrorist Sayfullo Saipov was confronted and shot by an NYPD officer shortly after he drove a truck into a bike lane off the West Side Highway and fatally mowed down eight people. […]

Legal

Relatives of Belgian tourist slain in NYC bike path attack describe hellish scene at trial

January 10, 2023 Ben Feuerherd  

(NY Post) Members of a Belgian family whose relative was one of eight people killed when an ISIS-loving terrorist rammed into them on a bike path in 2017 described in Manhattan federal court Tuesday how their idyllic ride off the West Side […]

Law Enforcement

Alleged NYC attacker Trevor Bickford was on FBI radar since Dec. 10, sources say

January 3, 2023 Joe Marino, Haley Brown and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon  

(NY Post) The Maine teenager and suspected radicalized Islamist extremist charged with attacking NYPD cops near Times Square had been on the FBI’s radar for about three weeks before the New Year’s Eve slashing, law enforcement sources told the Post on Tuesday. […]

Law Enforcement

Alleged Times Square cop slasher officially charged, as belongings found in NYC park

January 2, 2023 Joe Marino, Tina Moore and Jesse O'Neill  

(NY Post) The Maine teenager and alleged recently radicalized Islamic extremist suspected of attacking cops with a machete on New Year’s Eve was officially charged — as police found belongings tied to him in a Queens park on Monday, according to sources. […]

Law Enforcement

Terror suspect Trevor Bickford yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’ as he lunged at cops: source

January 2, 2023 Tina Moore and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon  

(NY Post) The Maine teenager and suspected Islamist extremist who allegedly lunged at NYPD officers with a machete near Times Square on New Year’s Eve said, “Allah Akbar” or “Allahu Akbar” during the attack, police sources told the Post. Trevor Bickford, 19, […]

Law Enforcement

Alleged Islamic extremist in machete attack on NYPD cops asked family to ‘repent to Allah’ in disturbing manifesto

January 1, 2023 Joe Marino and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon  

(NY Post) The 19-year-old alleged Islamic extremist suspected of attacking NYPD cops with a machete on New Year’s Eve penned a disturbing manifesto that urged his family to “please repent to Allah and accept Islam,” police sources told the Post. Trevor Bickford […]

Law Enforcement

Alleged Islamic extremist who attacked NYPD cops with machete was on FBI watchlist: sources

January 1, 2023 Joe Marino, Larry Celona, Tina Moore and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon  

(NY Post) The alleged Islamic extremist who attacked three NYPD cops with a machete near the New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square is a 19-year-old man from Maine who recently became radicalized — and was already on an FBI watchlist, […]

Law Enforcement

Rookie cop attacked by alleged Islamic extremist with machete near Times Square

December 31, 2022 Steven Vago, Tina Moore, Katherine Donlevy, Joe Marino and Larry Celona  

(NY Post) A rookie NYPD police officer on his first day on the job was attacked with a machete on New Year’s Eve just blocks [from] Times Square — and police are probing whether the suspect is a recently radicalized Islamic extremist, […]

Immigration

40 people on FBI terror watchlist apprehended at US borders in October

November 22, 2022 MaryAnn Martinez  

(NY Post) At least 40 individuals on the US terrorist watch list have been nabbed while trying to enter the country in the last month, according to US Customs and Border Protection. In October, nine people whose names are flagged on the terror watch […]

Books

Salman Rushdie lost sight in one eye, use of hand after knife attack

October 23, 2022 Isabel Keane  

(NY Post) Salman Rushdie lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand after he was repeatedly stabbed during a literary event in upstate New York two months ago, his agent said. The 75-year-old author, whose 1988 novel “The Satanic […]

Arts & Entertainment

ISIS bride Tania Joya: ‘My crime was being an idiot, joining a really bad idea’

October 12, 2022 Nicki Gostin  

(NY Post) Tania Joya, who was married to John Georgelas, once known as the highest-ranking American in ISIS, does not want to be blamed for her ex-husband’s misdeeds. “My crime was being an idiot and getting married too young and joining a […]

Alcohol & Drugs

Molotov cocktail-tossing lawyer who torched NYPD van blames booze and ‘trauma’ ahead of sentencing

October 1, 2022 Matthew Sedacca and Dean Balsamini  

(NY Post) A lawyer who torched an NYPD patrol car during the George Floyd riots is begging for a reduced sentence — whining that she was drunk and dealing with “unprocessed trauma” at the time, according to court documents. Urooj Rahman, 33, […]

Law Enforcement

NYC man sentenced to 30 years for stabbing cop in neck during George Floyd protests

September 21, 2022 Ben Feuerherd  

(NY Post) A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for stabbing an NYPD cop in the neck and shooting two other officers in an ambush during the 2020 George Floyd protests, authorities said. Former Flatbush resident Dzenan Camovic, […]

Academics & Education

NYC councilwoman Inna Vernikov hits CUNY, Eric Adams over ‘anti-Israel’ antisemitism probe

September 19, 2022 Bernadette Hogan  

(NY Post) A Brooklyn councilwoman is taking the city’s public college system to task for assigning a former employee of an anti-Israel BDS group to investigate a high-profile incident of antisemitism flagged by a Jewish college professor. “@CUNY assigning a former @CAIRNational […]

Government & Politics

Pompeo says Afghanistan ‘debacle’ could lead to new 9/11-type attack on US

August 28, 2022 David Propper  

(NY Post) Ex-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Sunday that America is more likely to face another 9/11-type attack thanks to President Biden’s disastrous exit from Afghanistan last year. Pompeo, who served under former President Donald Trump, blasted Biden over how the […]

Books

Accused Salman Rushdie stabber held without bail after DA cites Post interview

August 18, 2022 Haley Brown and Ben Kesslen  

(NY Post) The New Jersey man who allegedly stabbed Salman Rushdie at a literary event in western New York has been indicted by a grand jury — and he was denied bail on Thursday in part because of his jailhouse interview with […]

Books

Salman Rushdie attacker praises Iran’s ayatollah, surprised author survived: jailhouse interview

August 17, 2022 Steven Vago and Ben Kesslen  

(NY Post) The New Jersey man who allegedly stabbed Salman Rushdie in western New York last week praised Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini in an exclusive jailhouse interview with the Post on Wednesday — and admitted he didn’t think the author would survive the […]

Books

Hadi Matar, suspect in Salman Rushdie stabbing, pleads not guilty to attempted murder, assault

August 13, 2022 Steven Vago and Melissa Klein  

(NY Post) The suspect in the upstate stabbing of Salman Rushdie pleaded not guilty during an arraignment Saturday afternoon, during which the prosecutor detailed an extensive list of the famed writer’s injuries. Hadi Matar, 24, was charged with attempted murder and assault and entered […]

Books

NJ man, Hadi Matar, with sympathies toward Iranian government ID’d as suspect in Salman Rushdie stabbing

August 12, 2022 Joe Marino and Evan Simko-Bednarski  

(NY Post) The man arrested in Friday’s stabbing of famed novelist Salman Rushdie was identified by police as a New Jersey man, who law enforcement sources tell the Post … had sympathies toward the Iranian government that has called for Rushdie’s death. […]

Crime

Man arrested with AK-47 outside of dissident Iranian journalist’s Brooklyn home

July 31, 2022 Joe Marino and Patrick Reilly  

(NY Post) A man armed with a loaded AK-47 was arrested on Thursday outside of the Brooklyn home of Iranian dissident journalist Masih Alinejad, according to sources and charging documents. Khalid Mehdiyev, 23, was found with the assault rifle, a high-capacity magazine […]

Legal

Brooklyn man convicted of backing ISIS by recruiting members, smuggling guns

May 25, 2022 Priscilla DeGregory  

(NY Post) A Brooklyn man who became a high-ranking member of ISIS was convicted of supporting the terrorist organization by recruiting members, pushing propaganda and smuggling weapons into Syria, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Mirsad Kandic, 40, was found guilty of conspiracy and […]

Government & Politics

Biden, Dem lawmakers take cash from convicted terrorist financier

February 5, 2022 Jon Levine  

(NY Post) A convicted felon accused by the US government of supporting “the cause of violent jihad” — and promoting 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden — donated to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign and a host of progressive Democrats following his release from […]

Children & Teens

New York imam busted in civilian child sex abuse sting

December 16, 2021 Gabrielle Fonrouge  

(NY Post) A New York imam was charged with attempted child sex abuse raps after he was busted in a civilian sting operation that exposes pedophiles on YouTube, the Post has learned. Ahmet Yuceturk, who was previously the imam at JFK Airport’s […]

Legal

NYC man who allegedly tried to join Taliban is a ‘wannabe playboy’: lawyer

September 29, 2021 Ben Feuerherd  

(NY Post) A former Bronx Uber driver who was busted by the feds for allegedly trying to join the Taliban in Afghanistan is actually just a “wannabe playboy” who was trying to run off to Thailand to meet up with women there, […]

Children & Teens

Ted Cruz slams Blinken over Afghan child brides: ‘You brought a crisis to America’

September 14, 2021 Juliegrace Brufke  

(NY Post) Sen. Ted Cruz confronted Secretary of State Antony Blinken about child brides being brought to the United States from Afghanistan amid the chaotic withdrawal by the Biden administration, demanding to know what guidance the State Department has been provided to […]

Children & Teens

FBI dodged Ilhan Omar-‘bro’ wed probe

August 15, 2021 Miranda Devine  

(NY Post) Only hours after Minnesota GOP operative Anton Lazarro posted online DNA evidence that allegedly shows Rep. Ilhan Omar was once married to her brother, the FBI busted him. The test results stated there is a 99.999998 percent chance that Omar […]

News: North America

‘A matter of time until another 9/11,’ warn experts as airport security weaker than ever

August 14, 2021 Dana Kennedy  

(NY Post) When former TSA undercover agents learned that a passenger with a loaded handgun breezed past scanners at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport and boarded a flight to Tokyo in 2019, they were not surprised. They had done the same thing on a […]

Crime

NYC journalist targeted by Iranian spies in twisted kidnapping plot, feds say

July 13, 2021 Ben Feuerherd, Joe Marino and Bruce Golding  

(NY Post) Four Iranian intelligence operatives schemed to kidnap a Brooklyn-based journalist and smuggle her to Iran in a bid to silence her criticism of human rights abuses in the Islamic Republic, federal authorities said Tuesday. In an interview with the Post, […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

ISIS fangirl sentenced to 16 years in prison for NYC bomb plot

June 16, 2021 Ben Feuerherd  

(NY Post) An ISIS-obsessed woman from Queens who considered Osama bin Laden a personal hero was sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to a bomb-making charge nearly two years ago. Before handing down the 198-month […]

Crime

‘I would do it again’: Suspect accused of pummeling NYC Jewish man shows no remorse

May 22, 2021 Andrew Dedinsky and Melissa Klein  

(NY Post) The Brooklyn man accused of beating a Jewish man in a hate attack in Midtown proclaimed from his jail cell that he would “do it again,” prosecutors said on Saturday. Waseem Awawdeh, 23, was held on $10,000 bail in the […]

Crime

NYPD searching for four suspects in beating of Jewish man in Times Square

May 22, 2021 Melissa Klein  

(NY Post) The NYPD released photos of the four men wanted in connection with Thursday’s vicious beating of a Jewish man near Times Square. Joseph Borgen, 29, said he was at 49th Street and Broadway, walking to a pro-Israel rally when he […]

Demonstrations

Pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protesters clash in Times Square

May 20, 2021 Larry Celona and Tamar Lapin  

(NY Post) Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters clashed and fireworks sent people running near Times Square Thursday as tensions in the region spilled into the streets of Manhattan, videos showed. Skirmishes between the groups erupted in the Midtown tourist hub as Israel and Hamas hoped […]

Legal

NYC man who pledged allegiance to ISIS sentenced to 20 years in prison

May 12, 2021 Ben Feuerherd  

(NY Post) A Brooklyn man who pledged allegiance to ISIS and uploaded instructional manuals online about how to carry out lone-wolf terror attacks in New York was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Wednesday. The suspect, 42-year-old Zachary Clark, pleaded guilty last […]

Government & Politics

Andrew Yang’s mayoral campaign manager has close ties to Linda Sarsour

February 13, 2021 Jon Levine  

(NY Post) Andrew Yang’s new mayoral campaign manager Sasha Ahuja is a longtime progressive activist with ties to controversial Palestinian-rights fighter Linda Sarsour, a review of social media records by the Post shows. Sarsour, 41, has for years been a deeply polarizing […]

Crime

NYPD tracks former boxer to Middle East after he allegedly murdered his daughter on SI

December 19, 2020 Tina Moore and Laura Italiano  

(NY Post) The father of a woman whose body was found in a Staten Island park last year has been extradited from the Middle East and charged with her murder. Suspect Kabary Salem had been indicted in the murder of his daughter, […]

Government & Politics

Osama bin Laden’s niece says only Trump can prevent another 9/11

September 5, 2020 Jon Levine  

(NY Post) Another 9/11-style attack may be just around the corner if Joe Biden is elected president, warns Noor bin Ladin, the niece of Sept. 11 terror mastermind Osama bin Laden. “ISIS proliferated under the Obama/Biden administration, leading to them coming to […]

Demonstrations

Immigrant who stabbed cop in neck is ISIS fan, said ‘my religion made me do it’: feds

August 26, 2020 Rebecca Rosenberg  

(NY Post) [An] illegal immigrant who stabbed an NYPD officer in the neck then opened fire on cops earlier this year is an ISIS supporter who confessed “my religion made me do it,” federal prosecutors alleged Wednesday. The accusation came as a […]

Legal

Brooklyn man pleads guilty to attempting to support ISIS

August 10, 2020 Ben Feuerherd  

(NY Post) A Brooklyn man who uploaded instructional manuals online about how to conduct lone-wolf terror attacks in New York City pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to provide material support to ISIS. Zachary Clark, 41, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court […]

Law Enforcement

Suspected cop-stabber yelled ‘Allahu akbar’ during attack, police say

June 6, 2020 Craig McCarthy and Melissa Klein  

(NY Post) The man accused of shooting two cops and stabbing a third in Brooklyn this week screamed “Allahu akbar!” three times during the unprovoked attack, police said Saturday. Authorities have so far been unable to tie the man, Dzenan Camovic, to […]

Demonstrations

Suspected NYC cop-stabber is ‘absolutely not a terrorist,’ relative says

June 4, 2020 Joe Marino, Reuven Fenton and Bruce Golding  

(NY Post) The man suspected of stabbing an NYPD cop in the neck without warning is a “practicing Muslim” whose family is from Bosnia — but he’s “absolutely not a terrorist,” a relative who was interviewed by federal terrorism investigators said Thursday. […]

Demonstrations

FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force investigates stabbing of NYPD cop in Brooklyn

June 4, 2020 Joe Marino, Amanda Woods and Yaron Steinbuch  

(NY Post) The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force has joined the investigation into the stabbing of an NYPD cop in Brooklyn. The feds arrived early Thursday at the Flatbush apartment building of the man accused of stabbing the cop in the neck. […]

Demonstrations

Authorities reportedly probing possible terror link in NYPD officer attack

June 4, 2020 Joe Marino, Larry Celona, Craig McCarthy and Yaron Steinbuch  

(NY Post) Authorities are investigating whether the stabbing of an NYPD cop in Brooklyn was a terror-inspired assault by an immigrant from the Balkans, law enforcement sources told the Post on Thursday. The suspect — who sources identified as Dzenan Camovic — […]

Clothing

Wife, burqa-wearing husband busted in $1M Hudson Yards jewelry heist

March 13, 2020 Olivia Bensimon  

(NY Post) A married couple was busted in Brooklyn for a $1 million Hudson Yards jewelry heist in which the male suspect donned a burqa, ­police said Friday. Patrick and Ernestine Preville, both 29, were arrested on Thursday at their Canarsie, Brooklyn, […]

Clothing

Burqa-wearing man steals nearly $1 million in jewelry from Piaget in Hudson Yards

February 24, 2020 Larry Celona, Khristina Narizhnaya and Olivia Bensimon  

(NY Post) A thief wearing a burqa and armed with a spray bottle made off with nearly $1 million worth of necklaces and watches from a Hudson Yards jeweler on Sunday, police sources said. The bling bandit, a man dressed in a […]

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