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NYC bike path terrorist Sayfullo Saipov convicted on all counts in deadly 2017 attack

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The ISIS-inspired terrorist who killed eight people by ramming into them with a truck on a West Side Highway bike path in 2017 was convicted of a slew of terrorism and murder charges by a Manhattan federal jury Thursday.
The panel’s conviction of Sayfullo Saipov, 34, on 28 counts paves the way for the death penalty phase of the trial to begin — when jurors will decide whether he should be put to death for the murderous rampage. 
The panel of three women and nine men deliberated for about six hours before returning the verdict to Judge Vernon Broderick.
The death penalty phase of the trial is tentatively scheduled to begin on Feb. 6.
Saipov, an immigrant originally from Uzbekistan, did not show emotion as Broderick’s courtroom deputy read the verdict aloud.
The terrorist, sporting a long, black beard and wearing a black suit, sat at the far end of the defense table, listening to a translation of the verdict that was beamed into headphones he was wearing.
Over the course of the two-week trial, victims who survived the attack described the horrific and violent scene after Saipov, driving a rented flatbed truck, plowed into as many people as he could in Lower Manhattan on the afternoon of Halloween that year. 
Family members described from the witness stand how they watched as loved ones struck by the madman were left bloodied on the bike path and ultimately died from their injuries.

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