New Year's Eve attack near Times Square likely motivated by Islamic extremism, police say
The Maine teen charged in the New Year's Eve knife attack near Times Square on New York City police officers is due in court as soon as Tuesday. The Maine teen charged in the New Year's Eve knife attack near Times Square on New York City police officers is due in court as soon as Tuesday to face attempted murder and attempted assault charges. Trevor Bickford, 19, of Wells, Maine, carried out what a senior police official told ABC News was a terror attack likely motivated by Islamic extremism. "He knew what he was doing. He knew why he was doing it and he thought he would die in the attack ," Thomas Galati, NYPD Chief of Intelligence and Counterterrorism, told ABC News. "He did yell out 'Allahu Akbar.'" Trevor Bickford, 19, has been charged with attempted murder for attacking New York City police officers on New Year's Eve near Times Square. Handout Galati said the FBI interviewed Bickford last month in Maine after his mother reported her concer...