A terrorist in a rental truck sped for nearly a mile down a popular, bike-only path in lower Manhattan on Tuesday — killing eight people in the shadow of the World Trade Center and then shouting: “Allahu Akbar.”
“This was an act of terror,” Mayor de Blasio declared at an evening press conference.
“A particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at innocent people going about their lives.”
Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old immigrant from Uzbekistan, was shot by a cop after getting out of his car at Chambers and West streets with two realistic-looking guns while screaming “Allahu Akbar” — Arabic for God is good, police sources said.
“He was running around Chambers and somebody started to chase him,” said a 14-year-old student at the nearby Stuyvesant HS, which was just letting out for the day.
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Islamic State finally claims New York attack in its latest issue of al-Naba' newsletter pic.twitter.com/07gA2KR8XJ
— Aymenn J Al-Tamimi (@ajaltamimi) November 3, 2017
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NEW: NYC suspect was interviewed in 2015 by federal agents after being listed as point of contact for two men on counterterrorism list. pic.twitter.com/uB7aYM9cL3
— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) November 1, 2017
NEW: NYC terror suspect seemed “proud” of the attack during talk with investigators, official tells @ABC. https://t.co/yLoGJQqeQB pic.twitter.com/UazhXbRi2u
— ABC News (@ABC) November 1, 2017
LATEST: NYC terror suspect had come up in prior counter-terror probes as “possible associate," law enforcement officials tell @ABC. pic.twitter.com/fPKY1vLkFf
— ABC News (@ABC) November 1, 2017
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NEW DETAILS: @CBSNews reports the NYC suspect is in the hospital bragging about what he did, left notes in Arabic that ISIS will endure.
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) November 1, 2017
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BREAKING: NY governor Cuomo says Manhattan truck attacker was 'radicalized domestically' and 'associated with ISIS'
— Evan Rosenfeld (@Evan_Rosenfeld) November 1, 2017
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New: Uber spox confirms to @ABC truck attack suspect Sayfullo Saipov was an Uber driver. He passed background check, now banned from the app
— Kate Hodgson (@_katehodgson) November 1, 2017
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A bomb squad robot is on the scene in #PassaicNJ at the Home Depot. pic.twitter.com/6TRJyZpjCt
— Matt Kadosh (@MattKadosh) November 1, 2017
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WNBC-TV: Suspect in NYC truck rampage left note claiming he committed attack for ISIS, sources say
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) November 1, 2017
Neighbors said suspect Sayfullo Saipov went pray here in #Paterson near his home. pic.twitter.com/d22ftmsGrH
— Keldy Ortiz (@KeldyOrtiz) November 1, 2017
(NJ.com) On Tuesday night, police had surrounded a mosque and nearby garden apartments in Paterson. Omar Khan, a 17-year-old who said he prays at the mosque five times a day, said he does not recall ever seeing Saipov at prayer.
Hilmi Hammad, a man who said he was Saipov’s neighbor, said he often saw him around the neighborhood with his wife and two children. He also said he saw Saipov standing on the corner talking to friends and frequently invited them into his home.
The neighbor said Saipov drives a white van with Florida plates and has lived in Paterson for a few months.
Police stopped Saipov in Mount Holly Springs Borough, Pennsylvania, just south of Carlisle, in March 2015 and he gave police a Paterson, New Jersey address, according to court records. He also was stopped in 2012 in Palmyra, Pennsylvania, just east of Hershey, and also listed a Paterson address.
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Sources tell True Pundit the truck used in Manhattan terror spree is a rental from Home Depot in nearby Passaic County, NJ
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JUST IN: Photo of Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, 29, of Tampa, Florida, suspect in deadly NYC terror attack https://t.co/zof4fpEths pic.twitter.com/Oq0Trli4UG
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 31, 2017
BREAKING: NYC terrorist identified as Sayfullo Saipov of Tampa, Florida https://t.co/jTPcpt0U1s pic.twitter.com/XvoAUZP446
— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) October 31, 2017
#BREAKING: @CBSNews confirms identity of the NYC terror suspect as Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, apparently from Uzbekistan.
— Bill Rehkopf (@BillRehkopf) October 31, 2017
NBC says suspect in NY attack was 29-year-old Uzbek national who came to US in 2010 and was living in Tampa, Fla.
— Barbara Demick (@BarbaraDemick) October 31, 2017
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UPDATE: Sources tell NY1 at least 6 people are dead in Lower Manhattan incident. Sources say a vehicle ran over people on a bike path. pic.twitter.com/SxPvSJVgSW
— Spectrum News NY1 (@NY1) October 31, 2017
More: police source tells @brynnCNN police are considering terrorism as part of the investgation.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) October 31, 2017
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This is happening right now at West St and Chambers St @NBCNewYork @PIX11News @abcnews #nyc pic.twitter.com/sUFfjYb9Ih
— Andrea B (@Andreacbb9) October 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/ADiLorenzoTV/status/925452960297111552
There is one suspect under arrest following an incident on the Westside Highway in lower Manhattan. More to follow when it is available
— J. Peter Donald (@JPeterDonald) October 31, 2017
VIDEO: Shooting in Lower Manhattan (via @Snapchat) pic.twitter.com/E3hGJmHVxT
— James Wattie (@jameswattie) October 31, 2017
@NY1 @JamieStelter @patkiernan views of the west side highway shooting pic.twitter.com/RifFLDczGl
— Katherine Bedoya (@katherine_912) October 31, 2017
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Witness describes what he saw in Lower Manhattan pic.twitter.com/Fm3wdrkb10
— Myles Miller (@MylesMill) October 31, 2017
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