Saifulla Saipov, who had organized the day on 31 October, a terrorist attack in new York, sent his truck into a school bus with children on purpose. It is reported by NBC New York.
Witnesses of the incident told the police that being behind the wheel of a truck Saipov sharply turned his vehicle to the side of the bus with the disabled, and after the collision, jumped out of it and shouting “Allahu Akbar!” began to shoot at people. Came to the rescue on the police Saipov was wounded in the stomach and arrested.
It is known that injured two adults and two children were on the bus. One student is in critical condition. NBC New York also indicates that of the eight dead, six were killed on the spot, two more died in hospitals. All the dead in the place of men. Another 11 people were taken to hospitals with injuries of varying severity.
Hitting was carried out near the skyscraper One World Trade Center. It is built near the place where were the twin towers destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.