An assault on a group of NYPD officers by an axe wielding assailant has been deemed a terrorist act. Officer Kenneth Healey, and three of his fellow officers, were posing for a picture when they were suddenly attacked by 32 year old Zale H. Thompson, out of nowhere. Officer Healey was struck in the back of the head and remains in critical but stable condition. Thompson was shot dead by the other officers.  According to John Miller, the NYPD’s deputy counterterrorism chief…the attacker, Thompson, converted to Islam about 2 years ago, and then at some unknown point became self-radicalized. Authorities believe the man acted alone, was self directed in his actions, and wasn’t directly involved with any actual terror groups.

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