'A cowardly act of terror': NYC police confirm several dead in Manhattan attack
Eight people were killed and numerous others wounded in New York when a suspect rammed a pickup truck into pedestrians in Lower Manhattan, and collided with a school bus in an "act of terror," officials said.
Authorities respond near a damaged school bus Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in New York. Source: AAP
事件发生在当地时间下午3:05时左右,疑犯驾驶一辆租来的货车,在 West Houston Street 离开行车道,然后沿单车道向南行驶。货车先撞到一辆校巴,校巴上 4 人受轻伤,包括 2 名学童。货车再沿 West Side Highway 单车径逆线行驶,再撞倒多人。[videocard video="1085659203509"]
警方称,之后,司机拿着外型接近自动步枪的仿制枪技逃下车,被警方开枪打伤后被捕。
Bicycles and debris lie on a bike path after a motorist drove onto the path near the World Trade Center memorial (AAP) Source: AAP
New York City Police Officers respond to report of gunfire along West Street near the pedestrian bridge at Stuyvesant High School in lower Manhattan in New York Source: AAP
Emergency personnel secure the scene of an incident where a man reportedly drove a truck along a bike lane in downtown New York, New York, USA Source: AAP
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