2 hours agoThe number of people killed and injured in the New York City attack, including two children (Video)
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)Eight people were killed and 11 other people, including two children, were injured after a truck entered a street rotation in Manhattan, near the site of September 9th memorial on Tuesday afternoon. The suspect was shot in the belly by the police after he left the truck. Unconfirmed reports suggested that [...]
The suspect was shot in the belly by the police after he left the truck.
Unconfirmed reports suggested that a note was found near the truck, but this has not yet been verified as to what that letter contains, reports The Guardian”, the Periscope broadcast.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the incident was being treated as “a particularly frightening terrorist act”.
Five of those killed were appointed as friends from Argentina who had traveled to New York as part of a larger group celebrating their 30th anniversary from high school.
A Belgian woman was also among the dead. Belgium's Foreign Minister, Didier Riders, said she was “a woman from Roulers who was on a trip with her sister and mother. ”
Both other people who have died have not yet been identified.
Two children injured when the truck hit their school bus were not seriously damaged, said New York Governor Andrew Cuomo./Periscopi/
