Born: 1999;

Place of Birth: Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Gender: Male;

Nationality: Bosnian;

General Info:
Dzenan Camovic is a Bosnian man who used the cover of chaos during recent civil unrest in New York City to launch a premeditated and cowardly attack from behind against two New York City Police officers, brutally slashing one with a knife, stealing his weapon and opening fire, and injuring several responding officers.

Camovic repeatedly shouted “Allahu Akbar”, a common Arabic phrase meaning “God is the greatest”, that has been used by perpetrators of violent jihadist terror attacks during the commission of violent attacks.

He was motivated to attack the officers because of his interest in and support for violent Islamist extremism.

Camovic is charged with Hobbs Act robbery, using and discharging a firearm during that robbery, theft of a firearm that moved in interstate commerce and unlawful possession of a firearm as an illegal alien, according to the indictment.

He has been previously charged with attempted murder of an officer, robbery, assault of an officer, criminal possession of a weapon, and reckless endangerment.

Camovic’s bedroom was searched they found CDs and thumb drives containing audio and video files of lectures from Anwar Al-Awlaki as well as Islamic State related propaganda. He appeared to have tried and deleted some of the jihadist propaganda on his phone prior to the attack.

About a year before the attack, Camovic started expressing interest in Islamic State and other Syrian-based terrorist groups and asked about the permissibility of killing civilians, federal prosecutors said, citing information provided by an unidentified person interviewed during the investigation.

Camovic used multiple social media and messaging platforms, which provided encrypted or otherwise undetectable means of communication and which were used to communicate with individuals located overseas, and Camovic shifted from one platform to another in an apparent effort to hide these communications.