2017 New York City attack

For the car crash in May 2017, see 2017 Times Square car crash.

2017 New York City attack
Part of Terrorism in the United States
The Tribeca Bridge, the site of the vehicle's collision with a school bus
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Location	West Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Coordinates
Date	October 31, 2017 (2017-10-31) 3:05 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. (EDT)
Attack type	Vehicle-ramming attack
Weapons	Pickup truck imitation guns (paintball and pellet)
Deaths	8+
Injured	15+ (11 critical condition)

On October 31, 2017, a flatbed pickup truck was driven into pedestrians along West Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, causing at least eight deaths and multiple injuries. According to witnesses, the driver shouted the phrase "Allahu Akbar", and was shot by police and arrested. The attack is being investigated as a radical islamic terrorist attack and a Joint Terrorism Task Force is involved.

Attack

A Home Depot Load ‘N Go Flatbed Truck, similar to the one used in the attack (left). Saipov being tackled by the NYPD at Chambers Street (right)

At around 3:05 p.m. EDT on October 31, 2017, a man named Sayfullo Saipov (29), a native of Uzbekistan, driving a rented flatbed pickup truck from New Jersey painted as a Home Depot truck swerved into the segregated bike lane of West Street in Lower Manhattan. Entering the bike lane from Houston Street, the driver ran over multiple pedestrians in the Hudson River Park bikeway, mainly bike riders, causing at least eight fatalities and fifteen injuries. The driver came to a stop at Chambers Street after colliding with a school bus. He reportedly left the truck with fake guns. Law enforcement officers said that he shouted "Allahu Akbar" as he stepped out of the vehicle. The suspect was shot by New York City Police Department officers and taken into custody and medical care.

People in the attack

Victims

8 people were killed and more than 12 were injured in this incident, which New York Mayor Bill de Blasio described as a "particularly cowardly act of terror". Two of the victims were identified as foreign nationals, with one being Belgian and one being Argentine.

Suspected perpetrator

The police named the suspect as 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov, a citizen of Uzbekistan, a permanent resident of the United States, and a resident of Tampa, Florida and Paterson, New Jersey.. Investigators found notes inside the vehicle indicating loyalty to ISIS.

Aftermath

Stuyvesant High School was placed on lockdown after reports of shots were heard nearby. Several nearby streets were also closed.

See also

• 2017 Times Square car crash