US President Donald Trump has condemned the “terrorist attack”
in New York that left at least eight people dead and 11 others injured.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of today’s terrorist attack
in New York City and their families,” Trump said in a statement after a 29-year-old man,
Identified as Sayfullo Saipov, plowed a speeding truck through a busy
bike path in Lower Manhattan today.
“My administration will provide its full support to the New York City Police Department,
including through a joint investigation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
” he said. Saipov, said to be from Uzbekistan, is under police custody.
He was arrested after being shot in the stomach by officials of the New York Police Department.