Before moving to Paterson, new Jersey, , Saifullo Saipov, a suspect in the Commission of the new York terrorist attack, which killed 8 people, lived in Florida and Ohio.
In Ohio met another native of Uzbekistan, now activist and blogger Mirakhmat Muminov. According to him, at first Saipov, who won a green card, America went well. He did not complain about the country on American orders, it was all arranged.
«But he was a closed person then,» — said USA.ONE Muminov. «Never seemed like a friendly person, rather aggressive.»
We can only guess when exactly, Saifullo Saipov began to get involved with the ideas of the Islamic state (ISIS).
«Maybe something happened in his life. He moved from Ohio to Florida and I heard that last year it was bad, it was difficult to find work,» continued Mirakhmat Muminov.
The choice of Paterson as the new stop, obviously, was not accidental, as it is home to the second largest Muslim community in the United States; in a city with a population of about 147 thousand people – several mosques.
In 2013, Ohio Saipov married 19-year-old immigrant from Tashkent (he also was born there). And his family remained in Uzbekistan.
«I have no contact with them, but I think they’re terrified», — said Muminov.
As the BBC reports, during the interrogation at the hospital Saipov asked permission to hang out in his room flag of ISIS.
Today, November 3, dozens of people came with candles for the ceremony of memory of victims during act of terrorism. They went the same way in which Saipov was driving a rented pickup truck.
«It’s a reminder that for every horrible person there’s always thousands of good people. The sense of unity is more important than ever,» said one of the participants of the ceremony, the West Village resident Jessica Ackard.
