Eight dead in terror attack after truck careens down a cycle path near Ground Zero before the male Uzbeki driver, 29, runs off and is shot by cops while waving paintball gun and yelling Allahu Akbar
Eight people are dead and 11 people have been hospitalized in a serious but non life-threatening condition
The truck driver was named by insiders as 29-year-old Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, a citizen of Uzbekistan
The Florida resident allegedly mounted West Side Highway bike path at 3.05pm on Tuesday at Houston Street
He then continued southbound for 17 blocks, mowing down pedestrians, runners and cyclists, cops said
Only when he crashed into a school bus at Chambers Street did he stop; he then hopped out of the truck
The man was then seen brandishing two fake guns before being shot in the stomach by an NYPD officer
He survived and was taken to hospital; he is out of surgery and remains under police supervision
Police are investigating a Home Depot in Passaic where Saipov is believed to have rented the truck
By JENNIFER SMITH
DAILYMAIL.COM
31 October 2017
Eight people are dead and 11 have been injured after a truck mounted a bicycle path in lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, mowing down cyclists and runners for 17 blocks, then reportedly shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’.
The 29-year-old driver, named by insiders as Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, entered the bicycle path at Houston Street at 3.05pm and drove downtown, knocking down victims before smashing into a school bus at at Chambers Street.
Two children and two adults on the bus were injured; they and seven other people are now in hospital. One of the children on the bus is in critical condition. Police say others who self-evacuated from the scene may have been injured.
After coming to a stop in his rented Home Depot truck, the terrorist then emerged from waving a paintball gun in one hand and a pellet gun in the other.
He was shot in the stomach by an on-duty NYPD officer who was at the scene. He is now out of surgery and remains under police supervision.
At a press conference at Police Plaza later, New York Mayor Bill De Blasio condemned the attack as a ‘cowardly act of terror’.
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