Feds: NYPD ambush suspect had interest in Islamic extremism
A man who ambushed a New York City police officer in Brooklyn in June — stabbing him in the neck and stealing his gun to shoot other officers — had an interest in violent Islamic extremism and punctuated the attack with screams of “Allahu Akbar,” prosecutors alleged in court papers filed with his indictment Thursday on state and federal charges.
Days later, according to prosecutors, suspect Dzenan Camovic told a hospital worker: “My religion made me do it.”
Camovic, a 21-year-old Bosnian immigrant living illegally in the U.S., faces state charges including attempted aggravated murder and federal charges including theft and unlawful possession of a firearm. Camovic’s lawyer said arraignments could be scheduled within a few weeks.