Truck attack kills eight in New York City
By
Josh Varlin
1 November 2017
In an apparent terrorist attack, a 29-year-old man drove a truck down a bicycle path in Lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon, killing eight and wounding at least 11 people, as of this writing. Law enforcement identified Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, an Uzbek national who came to the United States in 2010, as the driver of the truck.
According to New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, Saipov drove a rented Home Depot pickup truck some 20 blocks down a bicycle path along the Hudson River just after 3 p.m., hitting pedestrians and bicyclists. He then crashed the truck into a school bus at the intersection of Chambers Street and the West Side Highway, injuring four additional people, including two children.
According to O’Neill, Saipov then exited the truck with a paintball gun and a pellet gun, prompting a New York Police Department officer to shoot him. Saipov is currently in a local hospital. Federal officials are reportedly taking over the investigation into the incident.
Early reports of the attack indicated that there was an active shooter situation after the collision with the school bus, but only the police officer on the scene had a real gun.
Journalists and eyewitnesses reported seeing mangled bicycles and covered bodies on the scene. The 11 injured people reportedly suffered “injuries that were described as serious but not life-threatening,” according to CBS News.
According to NJ.com, “Police surrounded a mosque and surrounding garden apartments in Paterson [New Jersey] Tuesday evening.”
Beyond Saipov’s status as an immigrant from Uzbekistan, a former Soviet Republic in Central Asia,…