At least eight people have been killed in New York after the driver of a truck mowed down people in Lower Manhattan
The rented pick-up truck entered a cycle path and hit cyclists and pedestrians
The truck collided with a school bus; the attacker then left his vehicle and brandished two weapons
A police officer shot the attacker in the abdomen
Police confirm the suspect, a 29-year-old male, has been taken to hospital
Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio calls the attack an 'act of terror'
A paintball gun and a pellet gun were recovered from the scene
US media have reported that the suspect shouted "Allahu Akbar", or "God is great" in Arabic, when he left the vehicle.
Commissioner O'Neill did not confirm whether the suspect said Allahu Akbar, but said the statement he did shout and the type of attack he conducted led authorities to label the incident as a potential terrorist attack.
“Unfortunately this is the new normal,” Howard Safir, a former NYPD commissioner, told the BBC. He called the bike path a “soft target”.
“In a large city, as you know in London, you can’t put bollards and protection on every street and every building.
“I’m familiar with that particular bike path, it’s right off the West Side highway and it’s right out in the open.”
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NYPD Police Commissioner James O'Neill declared the "incident is over" at a news conference.
Authorities said there would be increased police presence ahead of the city's Halloween parade, but there was no concern for additional attacks.
Police told reporters that a paintball gun and a pellet gun were found at the scene.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo: "If we change our lives, we contort ourselves to them, then they win and we lose."
Home Depot has confirmed the suspect's rental truck belonged to the company, CBS reported.
The driver mowed down people on a cycle path before he emerged from the vehicle brandishing fake guns and was shot by NYPD, according to police.
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Image source, ReutersNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo says there was no evidence to suggest a "wider plot or wider scheme".
Mayor Bill de Blasio praises the NYPD officer who "stopped this from continuing".
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Mayor Bill de Blasio says eight people have died in what he calls an '"act of terror"
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At a news conference, NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill calls the attack "a loss of innocent life...a tragedy of the greatest magnitude."
Students at nearby Stuyvesant High School, which was letting out for the day, told the New York Times they saw a gunman open fire from a truck before turning to strike a school bus.
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CBS News reports that "15 or more are injured" and are being taken to area hospitals.
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Image source, Getty ImagesAt least six people have been killed in New York after the driver of a truck mowed down people on a pedestrian and cycle path in Lower Manhattan.
A man who emerged from the vehicle brandishing imitation guns was shot and arrested by police officers.
US media report that investigators are treating it as a terror attack.