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The suspected Islamic extremist who attacked several New York police officers with a machete near the New Year’s Eve ball launch in Times Square has been identified as 19-year-old Trevor Bickford, multiple law enforcement sources said on Sunday.

The cops were working New Year’s Eve in Times Square when two of them were struck in the head with a large knife in what police are investigating as a possible targeted attack around 10 p.m., the sources said.

Suspect Identified Trevor Bickford

Police have identified Trevor Bickford as the person who attacked NYPD officers with a machete.

One of the policemen, who is attached to the Police Academy, suffered a laceration to the head. A Staten Island officer suffered blunt force trauma to the head. Both were taken to Bellevue Hospital.

A third officer suffered unknown injuries and was taken to Mt. Sinai West. All three were expected to recover.

One of the police officers shot Bickford, who lives in Wells, Maine, in the shoulder after he attacked them on Eighth Avenue between 51st and 52nd streets, the sources said.

Charges were pending against Bickford as of Sunday morning. He remained hospitalized in Bellevue, police said.

The suspected Islamic extremist who attacked several New York police officers with a machete has been identified as 19-year-old Trevor Bickford, multiple law enforcement sources said Sunday.

One of the police officers shot Bickford in the shoulder after he approached them on Eighth Avenue between 51st and 52nd streets.

Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell described the weapon as a “big knife” and officers released a photo showing it to be 18 inches long.

Investigation

The officers who were attacked were outside the security checkpoint area, Sewell said.

A preliminary search by investigators turned up no criminal record for Bickford, law enforcement sources said.But law enforcement sources said the FBI in Boston has an open case on him and that he’s on something called a guardian list because of his radicalization. Bickford’s aunt notified authorities because he apparently made statements to her indicating her desire to go fight in Afghanistan, police sources said.