There are fatalities after a truck drove the wrong way down the West Side Highway bike path for several blocks Tuesday afternoon, striking several people, according to sources at the New York Police Department.
The driver exited the vehicle with what appeared to be a gun and was shot by police, the sources added. The individual is in police custody and is being taken to the hospital for treatment.
As many as six people are dead, according to two law enforcement sources, who added that it appears to be deliberate act. Ref. CNN.
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While the rights people will say this is an invasion on privacy we need to do more profiling or take more seriously people that might be extremist.
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For a person to do this kind of thing is hard to stop. The hardest terrorist to stop is the lone wolf that has no prior histroy of violence or extremism. I do not know a lot about this guy but it seems like he fits the mold of a lone wolf. This is much different than a army or a group attacking us. I understand and know this because I am out there on that front line daily.
These acts of terror are becoming commonplace, I just hope we don't think they are the norm or become used to it we need to act now!
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Terrorism charges filed against New York truck attack suspect Sayfullo Saipov and FBI seeking information on second Uzbek man in connection to the attack. A two-count criminal complaint filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court accused Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov of providing material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization - ISIS- and violence and destruction of motor vehicles. And the FBI announced Wednesday that it is seeking information about Mukhammadzoir Kadirov, a 32-year-old Uzbek national, in relation to the attack. Ref. USAToday.
I think that this is getting to be more of the norm. As some people are making it harder to get their hands on guns they will resort to a easier to get vehicle to cause terror and killing people. I wonder if the left will start to call for a ban on trucks?