Knife Assault on NYPD Officers May Have Been Terror Attack, Sources Say

Authorities investigating Wednesday night's stabbing of an NYPD officer in Brooklyn are looking into whether it was a terror-inspired attack, law enforcement sources said Thursday.

Three NYPD officers were hospitalized after what Commissioner Dermot Shea described as a "cowardly and unprovoked" assault. A terror-linked motivation is currently one theory for what may have happened, though nothing has been ruled in or out, the sources said. The assault happened during the seventh night of citywide -- and nationwide -- protests over police and race relations.

Three senior law enforcement sources identified the suspect as Dzenan Camovic, an immigrant from the Balkan region. One senior source said Camovic had recently shared anti-police sentiments on his social media feeds.

Two law enforcement officials said that while Camovic was not on law enforcement's radar, he may have been associated with individuals of concern.

Two officers had been on anti-looting patrol near Church and Flatbush avenues around 11:45 p.m. when law enforcement officials say the 20-year-old suspect slashed one of the cops in the neck with a knife. At some point, shots were fired and a nearby sergeant responded. When the sergeant got to the scene, one of the other officer's guns was in the suspect's hand, Shea said.

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