SUSPECT IN TRUCK RAMPAGE ACCUSED OF BEHEAD THREAT

NEW YORK A man charged with killing eight people by driving a truck down a Lower Manhattan bike path in October 2017 threatened to decapitate an officer at the jail where he has been held since his arrest, U.S. prosecutors said.

Sayfullo Saipov, 32, made the threat on Dec. 18, after the officer’s supervisor told him to stop obstructing a security camera in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, according to a Tuesday court filing.

Prosecutors said they want to introduce the incident as “proof of future dangerousness” during the penalty phase of Saipov’s case, if he is convicted at his April 20 trial.

Saipov, a 32-year-old Uzbek national, has pleaded not guilty to charges including eight counts of murder, 18 counts of attempted murder and providing material support to Islamic State militants. He could get the death penalty if convicted.