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World leaders condemn New York terrorist attack

World leaders condemn New York terrorist attack

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Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton tweeted "New York's resilience is stronger than a cowardly act of terror. Thinking of the victims, their families, & the responders who saved lives.''

Several world leaders have condemned the terrorist attack in New York in which apickup driver killed eight people on Tuesday. Eleven others were seriously hurt when the truck driver struck in broad daylight just blocks from the 9/11 Memorial, on the West Side of Lower Manhattan, close to schools as children and their parents geared up to celebrate Halloween.

"This was an act of terror and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives who had no idea what was about to hit them," said Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton tweeted "New York's resilience is stronger than a cowardly act of terror. Thinking of the victims, their families, & the responders who saved lives.''

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Television networks identified the 29-year-old as an Uzbek citizen living in Florida who had recently been staying in New Jersey, where the truck was rented. President Donald Trump denounced him as "very sick" and a "deranged person."

The United States "must not" allow Islamic State jihadists to "return, or enter" the country after being defeated overseas, Trump said, albeit as New York officials declined to link the assailant to a specific group.

The FBI and New York police urged members of the public to come forward with any information that could assist the investigation, which the mayor said preliminary information suggested was a lone wolf assault.


The attacker struck in TriBeCa, one of the most expensive neighborhoods in the city home to celebrities and wealthy families. In the aftermath of the attack, worried parents and children were seen evacuated from a nearby public shool."There was a smell of gunshots," said John Williams, 22, who arrived at the scene 30 seconds afterward en route to the park. "There was a man lying on the ground. It looked as if he`d been shot."

Expressing his condolences to the victims of the attack. former president Barack Obama said that he and former first lady were thinking about the victims of the attack in New York City.New Yorkers are as tough as they come, he added.