{"id":534126,"date":"2023-01-03T03:09:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T00:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/terror-suspect-trevor-bickford-yelled-allah-akbar-as-he-lunged-at-cops-source\/"},"modified":"2023-01-03T03:09:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T00:09:20","slug":"terror-suspect-trevor-bickford-yelled-allah-akbar-as-he-lunged-at-cops-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/terror-suspect-trevor-bickford-yelled-allah-akbar-as-he-lunged-at-cops-source\/","title":{"rendered":"#Terror suspect Trevor Bickford yelled &#8216;Allah Akbar&#8217; as he lunged at cops: source"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-6a4020bb7ef8b\" 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-6a4020bb7ef8b\" 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\/terror-suspect-trevor-bickford-yelled-allah-akbar-as-he-lunged-at-cops-source\/#%E2%80%9CTerror_suspect_Trevor_Bickford_yelled_%E2%80%98Allah_Akbar_as_he_lunged_at_cops_source%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Terror suspect Trevor Bickford yelled &#8216;Allah Akbar&#8217; as he lunged at cops: source&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTerror_suspect_Trevor_Bickford_yelled_%E2%80%98Allah_Akbar_as_he_lunged_at_cops_source%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Terror suspect Trevor Bickford yelled &#8216;Allah Akbar&#8217; as he lunged at cops: source&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The Maine teenager and suspected Islamist extremist who allegedly lunged at NYPD officers with a machete near Times Square on New Year\u2019s Eve said, \u201cAllah Akbar\u201d or \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d during the attack, police sources told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor Bickford, 19, was charged with attempted murder and assault Monday for the Dec. 31 attack that left three cops injured, including a rookie who suffered a skull fracture his first day on the job.<\/p>\n<p>A police source said the suspect was heard uttering, \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d as he suddenly set upon the cops working the holiday security detail not far from the ball drop at the Crossroads of the World.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllahu Akbar,\u201d or \u201cGod is Great\u201d in Arabic, has been co-opted by Muslim extremists in recent years as a battle cry during terror attacks.<\/p>\n<p>But the alleged cop-hating teen may have botched even that and said \u201cAllah Akbar,\u201d instead, according to other sources.<\/p>\n<p>Bickford, of Wells, Maine, had toyed with joining Islamic militants in Afghanistan but instead allegedly came to the Big <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>le on Dec. 29 \u2014 telling his family he was coming as a tourist, sources have said.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he sparked terror when he slashed the cops with an 18-inch blade and was shot in the shoulder by one of them two days after his arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Bickford, once a seemingly typical New England teenager from a tiny resort town in Maine, \u201cfound religion\u201d after his father\u2019s overdose death in 2018, neighbors and sources said this week. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/nypd-attack-335.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Trevor Bickford, 19.\" class=\"wp-image-25214348\" width=\"618\" height=\"927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/nypd-attack-335.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1236 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/nypd-attack-335.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=927 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/nypd-attack-335.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/nypd-attack-335.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=309 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/nypd-attack-335.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Trevor Bickford, 19, an alleged radicalized Islamic man from Maine, yelled \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019 as he allegedly attacked cops in Times Square on New Year\u2019s Eve, sources said. <\/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>\/Audra D&#8217;Antilio Simpson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He became \u201cradicalized\u201d as recently as a month ago, and ventured to the city alone on an Amtrak train, according to sources. He possibly camped overnight at Forest Park in Queens and booked a room at a Bowery hotel on the Lower East Side on Friday night, the sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Cops later found a hand-written manifesto in which he urged his family to \u201cembrace Allah\u201d and chided his US Marine Corps brother for allegedly losing his way. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/nypd-attack-334.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Gurkha machete. \" class=\"wp-image-25214363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/nypd-attack-334.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/nypd-attack-334.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/nypd-attack-334.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Police said Trevor Bickford, 19, attacked NYPD cops with a Gurkha knife, a type of sub-Saharan machete, in Times Square on New Year\u2019s Eve. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bickford was being held at Bellevue Hospital pending his court arraignment. <\/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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