Eight Dead in Truck Attack on Manhattan Bike Path; Suspect Arrested
October 31st, 2017
Update: Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov
Via: Daily Mail:
The attacker has been named as 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov from Florida.
—
Via: Reuters:
A pickup truck driver killed eight people and injured more than a dozen others when he drove down a New York City bike path on Tuesday afternoon in what authorities said was a terrorist attack.
The 29-year-old driver was shot by police in the abdomen and taken into custody after he crashed the truck into a school bus and fled his vehicle, New York City Police Commissioner James O‘Neill told a news conference.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security called the incident an “apparent act of terrorism.�
Asked at the news conference about reports that the driver shouted “Allahu Akbarâ€� – which is Arabic for “God is greatestâ€� – O‘Neill said that a statement made by the suspect when he exited his truck and the general circumstances of the assault led investigators to label the incident a “terrorist event.â€�
O‘Neill said police would not identify the driver at this time.
<!–
–>
<!– AD CAN GO HERE
END: AD CAN GO HERE –>
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Source Article from http://www.cryptogon.com/?p=51923