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OccultHawk 10-31-2017 03:09 PM

Terrorism in NYC. Vehicle smashes through bike line killing several. Gunfire also.

Cuthbert 10-31-2017 03:11 PM

Is it actually terrorism? How do you know it's not road rage?

rubber soul 10-31-2017 03:12 PM

They're saying it's road rage. Basically another nut job and another pointless debate about guns that doesn't change anything.

Cuthbert 10-31-2017 03:37 PM

NYPD: Suspect made a statement that allowed us to label it a terrorist attack

EDIT: ABC News just said he shouted Allahu Ahkbar.

rubber soul 10-31-2017 03:40 PM

Great. Now the loonies are going to have a field day on Facebook.

OccultHawk 10-31-2017 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by rubber soul (Post 1889414)
They're saying it's road rage. Basically another nut job and another pointless debate about guns that doesn't change anything.

The term “nut job” is FROWNED upon here.

Frownland 10-31-2017 03:59 PM

Ja there's a surprising number of almond factory workers here who don't like their livelihoods being mocked.

Cuthbert 10-31-2017 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 1889433)
The term “nut job” is FROWNED upon here.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1889434)
Ja there's a surprising number of almond factory workers here who don't like their livelihoods being mocked.

lol

Cuthbert 10-31-2017 07:37 PM

Manhattan truck attack kills 8 in 'act of terror' - CNN

Quote:

Authorities found a note in the truck allegedly used in the New York terror attack claiming the suspect did it in the name of ISIS, a senior law enforcement official told CNN.

Cuthbert 11-01-2017 12:51 PM

New York truck attack: Suspect 'inspired by Islamic State' - BBC News

Quote:

The man accused of killing eight people in New York by driving a truck down a cycle lane was inspired by the Islamic State (IS) group, police say.

New York Police's Deputy Commissioner John Miller said that notes in Arabic claiming the attack on behalf of IS were recovered from the scene of the attack in Lower Manhattan.

The suspect, Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old Uzbek immigrant, was shot and injured by police.
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New York truck attack: Who is suspect? - BBC News

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A legal permanent resident of the US, he won his citizenship through a lottery programme that grants green cards annually to foreign nationals, in an effort to diversify the country's immigrant population.


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