Chaos in New York after shootingleaves several dead
AT LEAST eight people have been killed and numerous left people injured after a pickup truck drove the wrong way down a cycle path in a "cowardly" terror attack near the World Trade Center in New York's Lower Manhattan.
New York City Police confirmed the truck, which appears to be a Home Depot rental van, drove onto a pedestrian and cycle path alongside the West Side Highway at full speed, hitting several people.
The truck then hit a school bus, which was carrying two adults and two children.
4 News reported the driver then allegedly screamed 'Allahu Akbar' and got out of the vehicle. This has not been confirmed by authorities, although the NYPD commissioner said the statement made by the attacker when he exited the vehicle was "consistent" with a terrorist attack.
He was armed with two weapons and began running before being shot by police. The weapons later turned out to be imitation firearms.
Witnesses reported hearing gunshots near Stuyvesant High School, a top-ranked public New York City school, at around 3pm local time on Tuesday afternoon which were later revealed to be from a uniformed police officer as he took down the attacker.
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