(CNN) The suspect in New York's deadliest terror attack since 9/11 was arraigned Friday on new charges -- six counts of attempted murder -- in addition to 22 charges filed earlier from the 2017 incident that left eight people dead and injured a dozen others.

Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov entered a plea of not guilty, according to according Nicholas Biase, spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York. A trial date for Saipov has been set for October 7, 2019, Biase said.

Sayfullo Saipov

Saipov allegedly drove a pickup truck down a bicycle path near the World Trade Center on Halloween 2017. He was arrested after the truck hit a school bus, stopping it in its tracks. He exited the vehicle and an officer shot him.

Saipov was originally indicted on eight counts of murder in aid of racketeering, 12 counts of attempted murder in aid of racketeering, one count of providing and attempting to provide material support to ISIS and one count of violence and destruction of a motor vehicle. The new charges of attempted murder -- filed in an indictment this week -- bring the total number of federal charges against him to 28.

CNN has reached out to Saipov's attorneys, but has not heard back.</s>An Uzbek immigrant who was charged with mowing down and killing eight people with a truck in New York City has spoken out about the Islamic State extremist group at a court hearing.

Despite a warning from the judge that what he said could be used against him, Sayfullo Saipov on June 22 told the court through an interpreter that "the judgments that are made here are not important for me. They are not Allah's judgments."

"The Islamic State, in order to impose sharia (Islamic law) on Earth, is leading a war," he said. The war is not to gain land or oil, he said, but to "impose Sharia on earth.”

Saipov's unusual outburst lasted about 10 minutes. He said would have more to say “in the future.”

Saipov has previously told law enforcement agents that he was inspired by IS to rent a truck last October and use it to kill pedestrians on a bike path only blocks away from where New York's Twin Towers once stood.

The extremist group days after the attack on October 31 claimed Saipov as a "soldier of the Caliphate."

Because his remarks in court could be interpreted as conceding guilt only minutes after Saipov pled not guilty to murder charges through his lawyer, U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick interrupted Saipov to read him his constitutional rights, including that anything he said in court could be used against him in his trial.

"I understand you, but I' m not worried about that at all," said Saipov, who was born in Uzbekistan but immigrated to the United States and became a U.S. citizen.

Saipov spoke after the court had set an October 7, 2019 date for his trial.

While Saipov was speaking, Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Houle interrupted to say the prosecution objected to the judge letting him make such a statement in court.

The judge said he believed Saipov was nearing the end of his remarks and let him finish before warning him that he would not likely be allowed to speak out in court again the same way.

Saipov, though, would be given a chance to testify if his case proceeds to trial and, if convicted, could speak at sentencing, the judge said.

Prosecutors had asked for an April 2019 trial date, with Houle saying the families of the dead and the more than a dozen people who were injured deserve a "prompt and firm trial date."

Defense lawyers have said Saipov is prepared to plead guity if the government agrees to giving him a life sentence in prisonrather than the death penalty. Prosecutors said they still have not decided whether to seek the death penalty.

U.S. President Donald Trump called for Saipov to be executed shortly after the attack, which he has cited in seeking to end a lottery program for immigrants that Saipov used to gain his U.S. citizenship.

David Patton, a lawyer for Saipov, said if prosecutors seek the death penalty, he will need extra time to prepare the case, gathering information from overseas as well as in the United States.

Before the attack, Saipov had lived for several years in the United States working as a professional driver after arriving from Uzbekistan in 2010.

Saipov's family told RFE/RL's Uzbek Service that he did not have radical views before he moved to the United States, and appeared to have been radicalized through online sources.

A defense attorney on June 22 said Saipov has had only telephone contact with his mother, father, and sister in Uzbekistan since his arrest because they cannot get approval to travel to the United States.

With reporting by AP, Reuters, and The New York Times</s>The Uzbek national accused of killing eight people by driving a speeding truck along a New York City bike path last October spoke of a “war” led by Islamic State at a pre-trial hearing on Friday and dismissed the court’s judgment as not important.

The statement by Sayfullo Saipov, a legal permanent resident of the United States, came at the end of a hearing at which U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick set an Oct. 7, 2019, trial date in the case.

“The judgments that are made here are not important for me,” Saipov, 30, said through an interpreter. “They are not Allah’s judgments.”

Saipov continued speaking even after Broderick interrupted to remind him that anything he said could be used against him.

“The Islamic State, in order to impose sharia (Islamic law) on Earth, is leading a war,” Saipov said. He had previously told law enforcement that he was inspired by the militant group.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has not yet decided whether to seek the death penalty against Saipov. Saipov’s lawyers have proposed a plea deal in which he would accept life in prison to avoid the death penalty.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Houle said at Friday’s hearing that Saipov’s attorneys are scheduled to meet with the U.S. Department of Justice on July 23 as part of the decision-making process on the death penalty.

 A final decision is expected by September, she said.

Saipov was arrested immediately after police said he plowed a truck down a bike lane on Manhattan’s West Side. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, which was the deadliest assault on New York City since Sept. 11, 2001.

On Nov. 21, Saipov was charged in an indictment with eight counts of murder, 12 counts of attempted murder, one count of providing material support to Islamic State and one count of violence and destruction of a motor vehicle resulting in death. He pleaded not guilty on Nov. 28.

On Tuesday, a grand jury returned a superseding indictment adding six charges of attempted murder and charges of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering. Saipov pleaded not guilty to those charges at Friday’s hearing.

Following the attack, Saipov told investigators he was inspired by watching Islamic State videos and began planning the attack a year earlier, according to a criminal complaint filed by prosecutors the day after the attack.</s>The man charged with murdering eight people on a New York City bike path and injuring many more spoke out in court Friday over a prosecutor’s objection, invoking “Allah” and defending the Islamic State.

Sayfullo Saipov, 30, raised his hand to speak immediately after U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick set an Oct. 7, 2019 date for the Uzbek immigrant’s trial.

Earlier, he had pleaded not guilty through his lawyer to the latest indictment in the Oct. 31 truck attack near the World Trade Center. A prosecutor said the Justice Department will decide by the end of the summer whether to seek the death penalty against Saipov, who lived in Paterson, New Jersey, before the attack.

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Speaking through an interpreter for about 10 minutes, Saipov said the decisions of a U.S. court were unimportant to him. He said he cared about “Allah” and the holy war being waged by the Islamic State.

At the prompting of Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Houle, Broderick interrupted Saipov to read him his rights, including that anything he said in court could be used against him.

“I understand you, but I’m not worried about that at all,” Saipov said.

“So the Islamic State is not fighting for land, like some say, or like some say, for oil. They have one purpose, and they’re fighting to impose Sharia (Islamic law) on earth,” he said.

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After Saipov spoke more, Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Beaty interrupted him to object that the judge was letting Saipov make the kind of statement publicly that special restrictions placed on him in prison would otherwise prevent, including discussing “terrorist propaganda.”

The judge said he believed Saipov was nearing the end of his remarks and let him finish before warning him that he was unlikely to let him speak out in court again in a similar manner. Saipov, though, would be given a chance to testify if his case proceeds to trial and, if convicted, could speak at sentencing.

Saipov thanked the judge for letting him speak but added at one point: “I don’t accept this as my judge.”

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Prosecutors had been seeking an April 2019 trial date. Houle said the families of the dead and the dozens who were injured deserve a “prompt and firm trial date.”

“The victims here are anxious now when that trial is going to be,” she said. “The public deserves a speedy trial, and the surviving victims deserve to know when that trial is going to be.”

Defense lawyers have said the government should accept a guilty plea and a sentence of life in prison without parole to provide victims’ families and the public with closure.

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David Patton, a lawyer for Saipov, said he would need extra time to make legal challenges to the charges if death is sought. He also cited the difficulty of gathering information for the defense case overseas and in the United States.

A defense attorney said Saipov has had only telephone contact with his mother, father and sister since his arrest because they cannot get approval to travel to the United States. Prosecutors said those decisions were made by the State Department.</s>NEW YORK — The man charged with murdering eight people on a New York City bike path and injuring many more spoke out in court Friday over a prosecutor’s objection, invoking “Allah” and defending the Islamic State.

Sayfullo Saipov, 30, raised his hand to speak immediately after U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick set an Oct. 7, 2019 date for the Uzbek immigrant’s trial.

Earlier, he had pleaded not guilty through his lawyer to the latest indictment in the Oct. 31 truck attack near the World Trade Center. A prosecutor said the Justice Department will decide by the end of the summer whether to seek the death penalty against Saipov, who lived in Paterson, New Jersey, before the attack.

Speaking through an interpreter for about 10 minutes, Saipov said the decisions of a U.S. court were unimportant to him. He said he cared about “Allah” and the holy war being waged by the Islamic State.

At a prosecutor’s prompting, Broderick interrupted Saipov to read him his rights, including that anything he said in court could be used against him.

“I understand you, but I’ m not worried about that at all,” Saipov said.

After Saipov spoke more, Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Houle interrupted him a second time to say the government objected to the judge letting him make the kind of statement publicly that special restrictions placed on him in prison would otherwise prevent.

The judge said he believed Saipov was nearing the end of his remarks and let him finish before warning him that he was unlikely to let him speak out in court again in a similar manner. Saipov, though, would be given a chance to testify if his case proceeds to trial and, if convicted, could speak at sentencing.

Prosecutors had been seeking an April 2019 trial date. Houle said the families of the dead and the more than a dozen who were injured deserve a “prompt and firm trial date.”

“The victims here are anxious now when that trial is going to be,” she said.

Defense lawyers have said the government should accept a guilty plea and a sentence of life in prison without parole to provide victims’ families and the public with closure.

David Patton, a lawyer for Saipov, said he would need extra time to make legal challenges to the charges if death is sought. He also cited the difficulty of gathering information for the defense case overseas and in the United States.

A defense attorney said Saipov has had only telephone contact with his mother, father and sister since his arrest because they cannot get approval to travel to the United States. Prosecutors said those decisions were made by the State Department.

Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</s>NEW YORK — The man charged with murdering eight people on a New York City bike path and injuring many more spoke out in court, invoking “Allah” and defending the Islamic State.

Sayfullo Saipov (sy-foo-LOH’ sah-YEE’-pawf) made a statement after U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick on Friday set an October 2019 date for the Uzbek immigrant’s trial.

Saipov, through his lawyer, pleaded not guilty to the latest indictment in the Oct. 31 truck attack near the World Trade Center. A prosecutor said the Justice Department will decide by the end of the summer whether to seek the death penalty against Saipov, who lived in Paterson, New Jersey, before the attack.

After the judge warned Saipov his words could be used against him, Saipov said he was “not worried about that at all.”</s>A Manhattan federal judge on Friday set a trial date and heard a 10-minute rant from accused West Side bike-path terrorist Sayfullo Saipov following a promise by prosecutors that the Justice Department will decide on seeking the death penalty by September.

After U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick scheduled Oct. 7, 2019, as Saipov’s trial date on charges that he used a rental truck to kill eight last Halloween to help the Islamic State, the bushy-bearded defendant raised his hand and was permitted to deliver a 10-minute speech.

“The judgments made here are not important to me because they are the judgments of human beings and they are not the judgments of Allah,” Saipov told Broderick through an Uzbeki translator. “…These are laws that are made up to force upon other people.”

Saipov, allowed to speak by the judge over prosecution objections, also left no doubt about his support for the Islamic State, and Islamic religious law – echoing statements he allegedly made after his 2017 capture.

“The Islamic State in order to impose Sharia on earth is leading a war,” Saipov said. “The Islamic State is not fighting for land, like some say, or oil. They have one purpose and it is fighting to impose Sharia on earth.”

Saipov, 30, of Paterson, N.J., a lawful permanent resident who came to the United States from Uzbekistan in 2010, is accused of wounding 12 as well as killing eight in his rampage in a leased Home Depot truck.

After his arrest, Saipov said he planned the attack to produce maximum carnage, and had wanted to display an ISIS flag on the truck but decided against it because he didn’t want to draw attention to himself, prosecutors say.

President Donald Trump called for the death penalty, but prosecutors have not announced a decision. Defense lawyers are scheduled to make a presentation to Justice Department lawyers on July 23, part of the process of deciding whether to pursue a capital case, and prosecutor Amanda Houle said Attorney General Jeff Sessions will make a decision by September.

Defense lawyers have indicated that Saipov would plead guilty in return for a life sentence, and had urged Broderick not to set a trial date until it was clear a trial would be needed. Prosecutors urged a trial next April, arguing that the public and victims deserved speedy justice.

In addition to eight counts of murder and 12 counts of attempted murder in aid of racketeering, prosecutors added assault with a dangerous weapon charges and six more attempted murder charges in a superseding indictment of Saipov this week. He pleaded not guilty Friday.</s>MANHATTAN (CN) – The accused terrorist behind a New York City truck attack that killed eight people last year disregarded warnings about his right against self-incrimination on Friday in a 10-minute speech extolling the Islamic State group.

“The Islamic State, in order to impose Sharia on Earth, is leading a war,” Sayfullo Saipov volunteered in court through an interpreter on Friday afternoon.

“So, the Islamic State is not fighting for land, as some say, or fighting for oil,” the 30-year-old added.

Opening his 10-minute speech with a prayer, Saipov ignored U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick’s reminder that prosecutors could use his words against him in new murder charges heading down to Washington for death-penalty consideration.

“The judgments made by those here are not important for me,” Saipov said, calling them that the judgments of those with “weak minds.”

Saipov’s murder and attempted murder counts will head to the Department of Justice’s Capital Review Center on July 23.

“We expect that the decision will be made by the attorney general in September,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Houle said.

There is little doubt that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will seek Saipov’s execution.

President Donald Trump tweeted “DEATH PENALTY” after Saipov’s arrest, following his deadly Halloween ride with a rented Load ‘N Go flatback truck along the pedestrian and bicycle greenway along Manhattan’s West Side Highway.

Before crashing into a school bus, the Uzbek immigrant ran his rented pickup truck into nearly two dozen people, leaving eight dead.

With the capital-punishment determination not yet made, Saipov’s attorney David Patton wanted to postpone the trial date to enter into plea negotiations with an aim of life imprisonment.

Judge Broderick set one instead for Oct. 7, 2019, more than a year away.</s>New York, June 23 (IANS) The suspect in one of New York’s deadliest terror attack was arraigned on new charges — six counts of attempted murder in addition to 22 charges filed earlier — over the 2017 incident that left eight people dead.

On Friday, Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov entered a plea of not guilty, according to according Nicholas Biase, spokesman for the US attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York.

A trial date for Saipov has been set for October 7, 2019, CNN quoted Biase as saying.

Saipov allegedly drove a pickup truck down a bicycle path near the World Trade Centre on October 31, 2017.

He was arrested after the truck hit a school bus, stopping it in its tracks. He exited the vehicle and an officer shot him.

Saipov was originally indicted on eight counts of murder in aid of racketeering, 12 counts of attempted murder in aid of racketeering, one count of providing and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State and one count of violence and destruction of a motor vehicle.

The new charges of attempted murder — filed in an indictment this week — bring the total number of federal charges against him to 28.

Saipov had immigrated to the US from Uzbekistan in 2010.</s>A man charged with murdering eight people on a New York City bike path invoked “Allah” and defended the Islamic State group in court Friday, reports said.

Sayfullo Saipov, 30, raised his hand to speak out immediately after U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick set an Oct. 7, 2019, date for the Uzbek immigrant's trial.

He said he cared about "Allah" and the holy war being waged by the Islamic State group.

"So the Islamic State is not fighting for land, like some say, or like some say, for oil. They have one purpose, and they're fighting to impose Sharia (Islamic law) on Earth," he said.

"So the Islamic State is not fighting for land, like some say, or like some say, for oil. They have one purpose, and they're fighting to impose Sharia (Islamic law) on Earth." - Sayfullo Saipov, defendant charged with eight deaths in New York City

Prosecutors had been seeking an April 2019 trial date. Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Houle said the families of the dead and the dozens who were injured deserve a "prompt and firm trial date."

"The victims here are anxious now when that trial is going to be," she said. "The public deserves a speedy trial, and the surviving victims deserve to know when that trial is going to be."

Following his arrest, Saipov requested that the ISIS flag be displayed in his hospital room, the New York Daily News reported, citing court documents.

Saipov said the judgments made in the courtroom were “not important” to him because they were “not Allah’s judgments,” according to the New York Times.

Earlier, he had pleaded not guilty through his lawyer to the latest indictment in the Oct. 31 truck attack near the World Trade Center.

Saipov’s Halloween day attack was the deadliest in New York City since Sept. 11, 2001.

A prosecutor said the Justice Department will decide by the end of the summer whether to seek the death penalty against Saipov, who lived in Paterson, N.J., before the attack.

Defense lawyers have said the government should accept a guilty plea and a sentence of life in prison without parole to provide victims' families and the public with closure.

David Patton, a lawyer for Saipov, said he would need extra time to make legal challenges to the charges if death is sought.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will ultimately decide whether to seek the death penalty for Saipov by September, according to the Daily News.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Prosecutors in the United States charge Sayfullo Saipov with a further six counts of attempted murder, in addition to the 22 other offences already charged in connection to a vehicle-ramming attack in New York. Saipov enters pleas of not guilty.