Eight people have been killed in yesterday’s terror attack in New York – the deadliest such incident in the city since 9/11. The alleged attacker has been named as Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, a 29-year-old Uzbekistan national who came to the United States in 2010 and worked as an Uber driver. The New York Times is reporting that notes written in Arabic were discovered in the vehicle used in the attack pledging allegiance to Isis.
It is believed the attacker drove a truck along a cycle path close to the Hudson River in Manhattan yesterday afternoon at around 3pm local time, crashing into a number of people. A group of five tourists from Argentina and a Belgian national were all killed in the attack, while two others who were taken to hospital were later confirmed to have lost their lives.
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