Central Asia’s attackers ‘radicalized’ abroadCentral Asia’s attackers ‘radicalized’ abroad

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan: When Sayfullo Saipov used a truck to mow people down on a New York street, ultimately killing eight according to terror charges, he guaranteed his former homeland Uzbekistan would receive the worst kind of headlines.

People from ex-Soviet Central Asia have been at the heart of high-profile attacks this year in the United States, Russia, Sweden and Turkey.