2017 New York City truck attack

At a glance

Dates: From 2017-10-31.

Place: Lower Manhattan, United States.

Type: vehicle-ramming attack, deliberate murder, terrorist attack, and mass murder.

Deaths reported: 8. Casualties: 15.

Catalyst / how it started

Linked causes: Islamic extremism.

Who was involved

Perpetrator Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov The perpetrator, 29-year-old Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov , was born in Tashkent , Uzbekistan, then a part of the Soviet Union , on February 8, 1988, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and lived most of his life in the districts of Beltepa and Uchtepa . Saipov was the eldest of four children and his parents' only son. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 2005, he graduated from a professional college and studied at the Tashkent Financial Institute from 2005 to 2009, [ 5 ]

What happened

Attack Pier 40 , where the incident started At 2:06 p.m. EDT on October 31, 2017, a man rented a pickup truck at a Home Depot in Passaic, New Jersey . At 2:43 p.m., he crossed the George Washington Bridge and entered Manhattan , proceeding south down the West Side Highway . [ 1 ] At 3:04 p.m. at Houston Street near Pier 40 , he swerved right into the Hudson River Greenway , a protected bike lane of Hudson River Park that runs parallel to West Street. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

An Uzbek immigrant drove a rented truck into cyclists and runners in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people.