{"id":533931,"date":"2023-01-02T19:07:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T16:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-cops-attacked-by-alleged-islamic-extremist-out-of-hospital\/"},"modified":"2023-01-02T19:07:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T16:07:26","slug":"nyc-cops-attacked-by-alleged-islamic-extremist-out-of-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-cops-attacked-by-alleged-islamic-extremist-out-of-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC cops attacked by alleged Islamic extremist out of hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25379a8fd6a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25379a8fd6a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-cops-attacked-by-alleged-islamic-extremist-out-of-hospital\/#%E2%80%9CNYC_cops_attacked_by_alleged_Islamic_extremist_out_of_hospital%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NYC cops attacked by alleged Islamic extremist out of hospital&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNYC_cops_attacked_by_alleged_Islamic_extremist_out_of_hospital%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NYC cops attacked by alleged Islamic extremist out of hospital&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The NYPD cops attacked with a machete by an alleged Islamic extremist near Times Square on New Year\u2019s Eve have been released from the hospital, authorities said Monday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officers Louis Iorio and Paul Cozzolino were stationed at West 52nd Street and Eighth Avenue on Saturday night when a machete-wielding madman \u2014 identified by police sources as 19-year-old Maine native Trevor Bickford \u2014 allegedly ambushed them with the 18-inch weapon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iorio, an eight-year veteran who is stationed in Staten Island, suffered a gash to the head and was taken to Bellevue Hospital, cops and sources said. He was released Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Cozzolino \u2014 a rookie who just graduated from the Police Academy on Friday \u2014 suffered a fractured skull and was treated and released from the same hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A third officer, Michael Hanna, also a rookie, shot Bickford in the shoulder after he and the other cops were attacked, the sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Hanna, who joined the force in April, was treated at Mount Sinai West and he too has been released.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-028-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"NYPD Officer Louis Iorio is seen in a Facebook photo. \" class=\"wp-image-25208437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-028-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-028-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>NYPD Officer Louis Iorio was attacked on New Year\u2019s Eve. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-026.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The suspect is wheeled away on a stretcher to be treated at Bellevue Hospital.\" class=\"wp-image-25208323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-026.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-026.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-026.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-026.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Trevor Bickford, 19, of Wells, Maine, allegedly carried out the attack hours before the New Year\u2019s Eve ball drop. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"715\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-029.jpg?w=715\" alt=\"NYPD Rookie Officer Paul Cozzolino is seen in a Facebook photo. \" class=\"wp-image-25208418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-029.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1430 1430w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-029.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1072 1072w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-029.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=715 715w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-029.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=357 357w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-029.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\"\/><figcaption>NYPD rookie Officer Paul Cozzolino was also attacked. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bickford was arrested and taken to Bellevue for treatment, where he remained Monday morning with charges pending against him. <\/p>\n<p>The officers\u2019 post was outside the area attendees were being screened for weapons,\u00a0Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said at a press conference early Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told The Post Sunday that Bickford <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed to New York on an Amtrak train, arriving on Dec. 29, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared to have been a lone wolf. He had packed camping gear, a diary and a last will and testament \u2014 as well as the weapon, a type of machete known as a Gurkha, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>He allegedly told the feds after his arrest that he hatched the violent plan as recently as Friday, and made statements that he wanted to attack a uniformed officer or someone armed because they are the \u201cenemy of the state,\u201d according to the sources.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-027-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Police released a photo of the 18-inch weapon.\" class=\"wp-image-25208467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-027-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-027-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-027-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-027-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bickford allegedly used an 18-inch weapon \u2014 a type of machete known as a Gurkha.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bickford\u2019s mother and aunt had notified authorities because he apparently made statements indicating a desire to go fight in Afghanistan alongside Islamic militants, landing him on the FBI\u2019s terrorism \u201cGuardian Watchlist,\u201d according to the sources.<\/p>\n<p>In his handwritten manifesto, Bickford urged his family to \u201cplease repent to Allah and accept Islam,\u201d according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>Sources said the teen became \u201cradicalized\u201d as recently as a month ago.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-025-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Officers respond to the scene of the machete attack at 8th Avenue and West 52nd Street.\" class=\"wp-image-25208448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-025-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-025-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-025-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/times-square-attack-025-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Investigators believe 19-year-old Bickford was a lone wolf suspect in the New Year\u2019s Eve ambush.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Published reports reveal that Bickford appeared to be a typical American teenager before he apparently \u201cfound religion\u201d in the wake of his father\u2019s overdose death in 2018, according to sources.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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