2017 Lower Manhattan attack

On October 31, 2017, a man drove a pickup truck into cyclists and pedestrians along 1 mile (1.6 km) of a bike path alongside West Street, near Chambers Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

2017 New York City truck attack
Rental truck used in the attack, seen the morning after
Location	Along West Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Coordinates	40.7173°N 74.0131°W / 40.7173; -74.0131
Date	October 31, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-10-31) 3:05 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. (EDT)
Attack type	Vehicle-ramming attack, mass murder
Weapon	Pickup truck
Deaths	8
Injured	12 (including the perpetrator)
Perpetrator	Sayfullo Saipov
Motive	Islamic terrorism[1][2][3][4]

The vehicle-ramming attack killed eight people, including five Argentines and one Belgian tourist, and injured eleven others. After leaving the truck, the driver appeared to be wielding two guns and was later shot in the abdomen by police, and then arrested.^[5] An ISIS flag and a document that read "Islamic State will endure forever" in Arabic were found in the truck.^[6]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation charged 29-year-old Sayfullo Habibullaevich Saipov, who had immigrated to the United States from Uzbekistan on a Diversity Immigrant Visa, with destruction of a motor vehicle and supporting a terrorist organization.