That search has already revealed instances where Saipov had contact with other people who had drawn law enforcement scrutiny. Since Saipov’s arrest, investigators have tried to determine if he had interactions with any other terror suspects, including four Uzbeks charged in separate case in Brooklyn with conspiring to support the Islamic State group. So far, that man, a fellow immigrant from Uzbekistan, is only considered to be a witness, according to two law enforcement officials. According to a criminal complaint, the Uzbek immigrant made statements about his allegiance to the Islamic State group, which later took credit for the attack. One contained 90 videos and other Islamic State propaganda, including one of a beheading and another of a tank running over a prisoner.

Source: National Post November 05, 2017 18:11 UTC