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Update: Eight dead and over dozen people injured in New York terrorist attack




Authorities in New York city have now confirmed that eight people have been killed and many more have been seriously injured after a pickup truck ploughed through a crowd of people.

It is understood the driver who has since been shot in the abdomen and apprehended by police drove through a crowd of cyclists on a bike path in Manhattan.

Reports say the driver also got out of the vehicle shouting ‘allahau Akbar’ which means ‘God is great’.

A number of eyewitnesses say the suspect was also armed with a pellet gun and a paintball gun before he was shot by police.

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