Saipov left a mile-long crime scene
November 01, 2017 11:12
Sayfullo Saipov left a roughly mile-long crime scene: a tree-lined bike path strewn with mangled bicycles and their parts. Police said the truck drove south after entering a pedestrian and bicycle path, where it struck multiple people.
Six men were pronounced dead at the scene on the cycle lane and two other people were dead on arrival at the hospital.
After smashing the truck into a school bus, injuring two adults and two children, the suspect exited the truck displaying "imitation firearms" and was shot by police, according to the New York police department.
"I heard a truck, a car, something going down the bike path," said witness Eugene Duffy, 44, who was waiting at a red light to walk across West Street. The driver shouted 'Allahu Akbar' after getting out of the vehicle, New York Post reported. A note in English was found in the truck that referred to the Islamic State terror group, media reports said. -- PTI
Image: NYPD police officers at the scene of crime. Pic courtesy: @NYPDSpeechley
Six men were pronounced dead at the scene on the cycle lane and two other people were dead on arrival at the hospital.
After smashing the truck into a school bus, injuring two adults and two children, the suspect exited the truck displaying "imitation firearms" and was shot by police, according to the New York police department.
"I heard a truck, a car, something going down the bike path," said witness Eugene Duffy, 44, who was waiting at a red light to walk across West Street. The driver shouted 'Allahu Akbar' after getting out of the vehicle, New York Post reported. A note in English was found in the truck that referred to the Islamic State terror group, media reports said. -- PTI
Image: NYPD police officers at the scene of crime. Pic courtesy: @NYPDSpeechley
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