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The death penalty trial has begun for the man who allegedly murdered eight innocent people in New York City by ramming into them with a truck on a Lower Manhattan bike path in 2017.
Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, 34, repeatedly proclaimed his support for ISIS following the attack, including to an FBI agent who is scheduled to testify at Saipov's trial in Manhattan federal court.
At the start of the trial on Monday, a federal prosecutor told the jury that shortly following the 2017 attack, the terrorist delivered a proud confession to an FBI agent and smiled as he asked for an ISIS flag to hang in his hospital room.
Assistant US Attorney Alexander Li told jurors in his opening statement: 'He smiled at the memory of his attack and asked for an ISIS flag to hang in his hospital room.'
Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, 34, repeatedly proclaimed his support for ISIS following the 2017 attack, during which he allegedly plowed through a crowd of people on an NYC bike path
Defendants Sayfullo Saipov (second left) sits at the defense table on the opening day of his trial Monday. He is facing 28 counts for his 2017 alleged act of terror in Lower Manhattan
Investigators inspect the truck Saipov used to plow down hoards of people in New York City on October 31, 2017
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