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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2017 Police: Truck attack suspect ‘did this in the name of ISIS’ By COLLEEN LONG and MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press NEW YORK — The Uzbek immigrant accused of using a truck to mow peo- ple down along a bike path, killing eight, “did this in the name of ISIS” and followed the extremist group’s online instructions practically to the letter, police said Wednesday. Investigators, meanwhile, were at the hospital bedside of 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov, working to extract informa- tion about the attack Tuesday near the World Trade Center memorial that also left 12 peo- ple injured. Saipov was shot by a police officer after jump- ing from his rented Home Depot pickup truck. John Miller, deputy police commissioner for intelligence, said Saipov left behind notes at the scene, handwritten in Arabic with symbols and words, that essentially said the Islamic State group, or ISIS, “would endure forever.” “It appears that Mr. Saipov had been planning this for a number of weeks. He did this in the name of ISIS,” Miller said, citing the notes. In the past few years, the Islamic State has been exhort- ing followers online to use vehicles or other close-at-hand means of killing people in their home countries. England, France and Germany have seen deadly vehicle attacks in the past year or so. “He appears to have fol- lowed, almost exactly to a T, the instructions that ISIS St. Charles County, Mo. Depart- ment of Corrections/KMOV via AP This undated photo shows Sayfullo Saipov. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Law enforcement personnel examine the scene Wednesday after a driver mowed down people on a riverfront bike path near the World Trade Center on Tuesday in New York. has put out in its social media channels before with instruc- tions to its followers on how to carry out such an attack,” Miller said. In Tuesday’s attack, Saipov drove his speeding truck for nearly a mile along the bike path, running down cyclists and pedestrians, then crashed into a school bus, authorities said. He was shot in the abdo- men after he jumped out of the vehicle brandishing air guns and yelling “God is great!” in Arabic, they said. Mayor Bill de Blasio called it “a cowardly act of terror.” Miller said Saipov had never been the subject of a New York police investiga- tion but appears to have some links to people who have been investigated. The aftermath took a polit- ical turn Wednesday when President Donald Trump said Saipov came to the U.S. under a visa lottery program — “a Chuck Schumer beauty,” Trump called it in a reference to the Senate’s top Democrat. The program dates to 1990, when Republican President George H.W. Bush signed it as part of a bipartisan immigra- tion bill. Trump urged tougher immigration measures based instead on merit and said he will ask Congress to end the program. Schumer, who represents New York, said in a statement that he has always believed that immigration “is good for America.” In a number of recent extremist attacks around the world, the assailants were found to have been “lone wolves” — inspired but not actually directed by the Islamic State. In some cases they never even made contact with the group. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saipov became “radicalized domestically.” On the morning after the bloodshed, city leaders vowed New York would be not intim- idated, and they commended New Yorkers for going ahead with Halloween festivities on Wednesday night. They also said Sun- day’s New York City Mara- thon, with 50,000 participants and some 2 million specta- tors anticipated, will go on as scheduled. “We will not be cowed. We will not be thrown off by any- thing,” de Blasio said. While the mayor said there have been no credi- ble threats of any additional attacks, police announced the deployment of sniper teams, bomb-sniffing dogs, helicop- ters, sand-truck barricades and other stepped-up security along the marathon route, in the subways and other sites. And New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill urged people to be vigilant and tell police if they see “some- thing that doesn’t look right.” The dead consisted of five people from Argentina, one from Germany, and two Amer- icans, authorities said. Nine people remained hospitalized in serious or critical condition, with injuries that included lost limbs and head, chest and neck wounds. A roughly two-mile stretch of highway in lower Man- hattan was shut down for the investigation. Authorities also converged on a New Jersey apartment building and a van in a parking lot at a New Jer- sey Home Depot. New Yorkers woke to a heavy police presence Wednesday outside the World Trade Center and at other loca- tions around the city. Runners and cyclists who use the popular bike path for their pre-dawn exercise were diverted away from the crime scene by officers stationed at barricades just north of where the rampage began. Dave Hartie, 57, who works in finance, said he rides his bike along the path every morning. “It’s great to be in the city and have that kind of peace,” he said. As for the attack, he said, “It’s the messed-up world we live in these days. Part of me is surprised it doesn’t hap- pen more often.” The slight, bearded Saipov is from heavily Muslim Uzbekistan and came to the U.S. legally in 2010, police said. He has a Florida driver’s license but was apparently liv- ing in New Jersey, they said. He is a permanent legal U.S. resident. A law enforce- ment official said he has two children and a wife and moved up from Florida around June. The official wasn’t authorized to discuss details of the inves- tigation and spoke on condi- tion of anonymity. Records show Saipov was a commercial truck driver who formed a pair of businesses in Ohio. He had also driven for Uber. Mirrakhmat Muminov, 38, of Stow, Ohio, said he knew Saipov because they were both Uzbek truck drivers. He por- trayed Saipov as an argumen- tative young man whose work was falling apart and who “was not happy with his life.” Thompson: ‘My commitment and my voice will remain strong’ Continued from Page 1A Before and after the Oct. 25 meeting, commissioners Sarah Nebeker and Lisa Clem- ent, along with Lee, chided Thompson repeatedly. Thomp- son wrote in the letter that she would address commissioners’ specific complaints against her at the board’s Nov. 8 meeting. One issue centered on a June incident in which Thomp- son allegedly placed her hands on a county employee — who has not been named — after a Red Cross meeting at Fort Clatsop. Immediately before that, she said she “was the only commissioner on the board who worked.” After making THE DAILY ASTORIAN contact, she allegedly asked in a loud, frustrated tone, “Do you know what he did,” in ref- erence to County Manager Cameron Moore. She contin- ued by claiming Moore inten- tionally scheduled a meeting in May so she would not be able to attend. An internal investigation concluded she was acting in her role as commissioner at the time and violated board behav- ior policy. While the county will not take disciplinary action, Portland-based labor attorney Heather Martin sent a letter to Thompson explaining she may be held personally lia- ble for similar behavior in the future if it leads to a lawsuit against the county. In a July email to The Daily Astorian about the investiga- tion, Thompson claimed that county staffers feared retali- ation if they ever went pub- lic about their concerns with county government. In response to the statement, Moore directed County Coun- sel Heather Reynolds to reach out to Thompson’s lawyer for specific examples. No specif- ics were provided, Moore said. Since then, the county has hired Jill Goldsmith of Work- place Solutions Northwest, a Portland mediation service, to investigate the claim and interview county employees. Goldsmith also conducted the (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) before Lee approves Thomp- son’s expenses — a power granted to the board chairman. They will also discuss adopt- ing additional policies regard- ing expenses in the future. In her letter to the newspa- per, Thompson also pointed to an announcement last year from Lee that he would not seek re-election in 2018. “So, the more important issue at hand is this: the timing is right, or will soon be right, for the board to commit itself to diversity of opinion and for county officials to commit themselves to opening a rela- tively closed governance pro- cess to the fresh air and sun- light of new ideas,” Thompson SCHEDULE W EDNESDAY E VENING A investigation into Thompson’s behavior at the Red Cross meeting. A financial report pre- sented at the meeting detailed Thompson’s $3,640 in claimed expenses since July. The five commissioners are allowed a combined $17,500 for the year in the county budget. Complaints about her expenses have continuously nagged Thompson since she was sworn in as a commis- sioner in January 2015. She has claimed nearly $20,000. Lee directed county staff last week to add an agenda item to the Nov. 8 meeting about expenses. Commis- sioners will hold a discussion A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach wrote. “Diversity in our gov- ernment and on our board is a healthy thing. It is worthwhile, if not imperative, that we work together to express different points of view and that we discuss all paths to common goals.” Thompson’s term also ends next year. “She has to run for re-elec- tion in May,” Lee said after the Oct. 25 meeting. “That will be up to the voters to decide.” For now, each commis- sioner is slated to serve at least 14 more months. “My heart is in this place,” Thompson wrote. “My com- mitment and my voice will remain strong.” Evening listings WEDNESDAY N OVEMBER 1 6 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 KATU News at 6 (N) Modern Family (N) Am.Housewife (N) Designated Survivor "Two Ships" (N) KATU News (N) (:35) Jimmy Kimmel Jeopardy! (N) Wheel Fortune (N) The Goldbergs (N) Speechless (N) KOMO 4 News (N) Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! 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