2017 Lower Manhattan attack
vehicle-ramming attack in New York City on October 31, 2017 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On October 31, 2017, a man drove a pickup truck into cyclists and pedestrians along 1 mile (1.6 km) of a bike path alongside West Street, near Chambers Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
2017 New York City truck attack | |
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Location | Along West Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Coordinates | 40.7173°N 74.0131°W / 40.7173; -74.0131 |
Date | October 31, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-10-31) 3:05 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. (EDT) |
Attack type | Vehicle-ramming attack, mass murder |
Weapon | Pickup truck |
Deaths | 8 |
Injured | 12 (including the perpetrator) |
Perpetrator | Sayfullo Saipov |
Motive | Islamic terrorism[1][2][3][4] |
The vehicle-ramming attack killed eight people, including five Argentines and one Belgian tourist, and injured eleven others. After leaving the truck, the driver appeared to be wielding two guns and was later shot in the abdomen by police, and then arrested.[5] An ISIS flag and a document that read "Islamic State will endure forever" in Arabic were found in the truck.[6]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation charged 29-year-old Sayfullo Habibullaevich Saipov, who had immigrated to the United States from Uzbekistan on a Diversity Immigrant Visa, with destruction of a motor vehicle and supporting a terrorist organization.