This undated photo provided by the St. Charles County Department of Corrections in St. Charles,moment., via KMOV shows Sayfullo Saipov.
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Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. "Why?" It’s the question that haunts us after deadly attacks. Finding the motivation for crimes behind mass casualties can be difficult for authorities, and as we have seen in the aftermath of the Las Vegas shootings.
In unique York,following this week's attack that left 8 people dead and 11 wounded, there’s still a lot that the public does not know. That includes the extent of the attacker’s ties to the radical Islamic State militant group. Sayfullo Saipov came to the U.
S. from Uzbekistan in 2010, and there is evidence that he was influenced or inspired by the terrorism group.
Erica Marat discusses what we achieve know so far about the attacker’s origins and motivations,and what’s next in this investigation.
This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich.
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