Terror suspect Trevor Bickford was on FBI radar weeks before NYC cop attack: sources
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.
Two days later, Bickford allegedly set upon cops working the holiday security detail near the Crossroads of the World with a machete, injuring three, including a rookie on his first day who suffered a skull fracture. Sources have said the attackerAn FBI spokesperson on Tuesday declined to comment on the case, telling told The Post that the incident is part of “a very active investigation.”
Bickford was interviewed by local and federal law enforcement following his arrest and allegedly said that he had ultimately chosen to target somewhere in the US instead, according to sources. The attack itself, however, appeared sudden and spontaneous, the sources said. “This is a classic example of the kind of person [law enforcement] is concerned about when it comes to extremism,” one police source said.
Around 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, he allegedly lunged at three cops on 52nd Street and Eighth Avenue with a Gurkha knife — a type of machete — and injured the officers before he was shot in the shoulder and wounded by one of the cops.
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