Eight people killed in New York ‘act of terror’ after truck drives on to bike path

Mayor says attack being treated as ‘a particularly cowardly act of terror’NYPD says 29-year-old suspect was shot by police and is now in custodyNew York attack: eight killed in ‘act of terror’ – live updatesEight people were killed and more than a dozen injured after a man drove a truck nearly a mile down a bike path in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, striking pedestrians, cyclists and a school bus.New York City mayor Bill de Blasio said the incident was being treated as an act of terror, “a particularly cowardly act of terror”. De Blasio said a police officer assigned to the area stopped the attacker by shooting him in the stomach. Continue reading…

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