Eight people were dead and more than 12 were injured in a terrorist attack late Tuesday afternoon in lower Manhattan, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday.
NBC News said the suspect is Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, a 29-year-old Uzbek national who entered the U.S. in 2010.
The suspect drove a rented Home Depot pickup truck on the West Side bicycle path, entering at Houston Street before driving southbound, striking bicyclists and pedestrians, said New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill. The truck collided with a school bus at Chambers Street, injuring two adults and two children.
After the collision, the driver exited the truck and displayed two objects that appeared to be handguns but were later discovered to be a pellet gun and a paintball gun. He was said to have shouted “Allahu Akbar,” or “God is Great” in Arabic.
O’Neill did not confirm the suspect said “Allahu Akbar,” though O’Neill did say the statement the suspect made and the type of attack he conducted led authorities to label the incident a terrorist attack.
A police officer shot the suspect in the abdomen, and the suspect was transported to a hospital.
