At Least 8 Killed, Multiple Injured In Suspected Terror Attack In Manhattan

Eight people are dead and 12 injured after a truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists and rammed into a school bus in lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon.
The suspect, 29-year-old Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, acted in the name of the self-described Islamic State.
Two of the dead were American, five were Argentinian and one was Belgian.

NEW YORK Authorities confirmed Wednesday that a 29-year-old Uzbek immigrant who mowed down crowds in lower Manhattan, killing eight people and injuring 12, acted in the name of the self-described Islamic State and had been planning the attack for several weeks.

The suspect, identified as Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov , followed almost exactly to a T the instructions that ISIS advertises on social media about how to carry out an attack, said John Miller, the New York City Police Department deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism, in a Wednesday news conference. Notes found at the scene indicated Saipovs belief that the militant group would endure forever.

At a press conference later Wednesday, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon H. Kim said that authorities also found thousands of ISIS-related images and 90 videos on cell phones found in a bag Saipov was carrying. Saipov also allegedly said he was inspired to carry out the attack by ISIS, had planned the attack for two months and rented the truck with which he carried out the attack weeks ahead of time so he could practice driving it.

Saipov was charged Wednesday with providing material support to a terrorist organization as well as destruction of a motor vehicle.

Although he had never been the subject of an NYPD or FBI investigation himself, Miller said, Saipov may have touched subjects of other investigations.

Law enforcement also said they had located Mukhammadzoir Kadirova, second Uzbek man, they had been seeking in connection with the attack.

Based on investigation overnight, appears suspect had been planning this for a number of weeks and did so \"in the name of ISIS,\" Miller says pic.twitter.com/0NkptesQoX

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Based on investigation overnight, appears suspect had been planning this for a number of weeks and did so "in the name of ISIS," Miller says pic.twitter.com/0NkptesQoX
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According to police, Saipov rented a truck from Home Depot in Passaic, New Jersey, around 2 p.m. local time. According to the criminal complaint , Saipov carried out the attack on Halloween because he believed there would be more civilians on the street for the holiday.

An hour after renting the truck, cameras captured him driving it the wrong way down a bike path on the West Side Highway, slamming into pedestrians and cyclists.

He then rammed into a Stuyvesant High School bus, injuring two adults and two children. (One of the children is in critical condition, a New York Department of Education official confirmed.)

The suspect exited the vehicle brandishing what police described as imitation firearms , later identified as a paintball gun and a pellet gun. A police officer confronted and shot the driver, who was then transported to the hospital.

This was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror, aimed at innocent civilians, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a press conference Tuesday evening.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would consider sending Saipov to Guantanamo Bay .

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saipov had been radicalized in the U.S. Miller added that notes found at the scene offered further proof of his ties to ISIS. The militant group has not yet claimed responsibility for the attack, but some of its supporters took to social media to celebrate it.

Saipov is now in police custody at a local hospital. Law enforcement said he most recently lived in Tampa, Florida. An address from 2015 linked to Saipovs name was also found in Stow, Ohio.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev offered his countrys resources to help investigate the attack on Wednesday, according to Reuters.