Suspect of NYE Times Square Stabbing Charged with Terrorism

A suspect is facing terrorism charges in connection with a machete attack which wounded two NYPD officers in Times Square on New Year’s Eve.

Trevor Bickford, 19, has been indicted by a grand jury on multiple counts, including first-degree attempted murder, first-degree attempted murder in the furtherance of an act of terrorism and aggravated assault on a police officer as a crime of terrorism, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office reported Friday. In total, he faces 18 felony counts.

In the late night hours of Dec. 31, a suspect, later identified as Bickford, targeted three officers with a machete, the NYPD reported.

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