Manhattan terror attack: Eight killed, 11 injured as truck plows into pedestrians in New York
At least eight people were killed and 11 other injured in Lower Manhattan in after a gunman in a truck plowed through a busy bike path, an incident the US termed as an “act of terrorism”
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At least eight people were killed and 11 other injured in Lower Manhattan in New York on Tuesday after a gunman in a truck plowed through a busy bike path, an incident the US termed as an "act of terrorism". AP
The New York Police Department said that the suspect, drove down his truck south, just blocks from the 9/11 Memorial, on the path killing eight people with 11 other sustaining serious injuries. AP
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio called the attack an "act of terror" but authorities have not definitively linked the suspect who was detained afterward to Islamic State. The incident that took place in Manhattan, the most densely populated of New York City's 5 boroughs, has sent shocking waves across the country. Reuters
The suspect who was identified 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov from Uzbekistan stepped out of the vehicle, brandishing two apparent handguns, before being shot in the abdomen by a police officer. A paintball gun and pellet gun were recovered at the scene. Reuters
New York governor Andrew Cuomo directed the One World Trade Center to be lit in red, white and blue in honor of freedom and democracy. President Donald Trump, swiftly declared that the US "must not" allow Islamic State jihadists to "return, or enter, our country after defeating them" overseas. AP
Tuesday's attack came five months after a US Navy veteran plowed a car into pedestrians in Times Square, killing an 18-year-old woman from Michigan and injuring 22 other people on 18 May. AP