JUST a few blocks away from where around 2,750 people were killed on September 11th 2001, New York suffered another deadly attack on October 31st. This time the attacker used a low-tech, less lethal method, illustrating how the threat from terrorism is changing. Children were about to be dismissed from school and tourists were enjoying the afternoon sun when Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old immigrant from Uzbekistan, mounted the curb in a pickup truck and drove along the pedestrian and cycle path between the West Side highway and the Hudson River, hitting people on the mile-long stretch. He rammed into a school bus, injuring those inside. In all he killed eight people. Most were tourists from Argentina.
Ray Kelly, New York’s former police commissioner, told NPR, a radio station, that he was surprised this had not happened before, “because it is so easy to do”. The incident mimicked recent attacks in Europe, in which vehicles were used as weapons....Continue reading
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