An Islamic assassin has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of eight people in New York. As the jury, according to media reports, failed to agree on a death sentence for the 35-year-old man on Monday, he automatically received the maximum possible prison sentence. The perpetrator, who had already been found guilty in January, would have received the death penalty, which is extremely rare in the state of New York, had the decision been unanimous.
The last execution took place there in the 1960s. On October 31, 2017, Halloween, the killer drove a pickup truck into cyclists and pedestrians in New York. The native of Uzbekistan and an outspoken Islamist killed eight people and injured eleven others in the Manhattan attack. Finally, the then 29-year-old drove the van onto a school bus. As he left, a policeman shot him and arrested him. Later, the assassin told the FBI that he was proud of what he had done.
At the trial in New York, the defense admitted that its client had committed the crime. He wanted to die a martyr. Among the 28 counts were eight counts of murder, twelve counts of attempted murder and supporting the Islamic State terrorist group.