Apparently he was, besides committing jihad mass murder, trying to “strike terror in the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60).
“New York Mayor: 8 dead in lower Manhattan ‘cowardly’ terror attack,” Al Arabiya, October 31, 2017:
The New York City mayor Bill de Blasio said that eight people were killed in a truck attack and shooting incident that occurred in a Lower Manhattan area in New York on Tuesday. Dozens more were injured.
“This was a particularly cowardly act of terror.” he said.
New York state governor Andrew Cuomo told media that there is no evidence to suggest wider plot or wider scheme.
The incident took place near the West Side Highway and Chambers Street, which is near Battery Park City, police said.
The truck attack was being treated as a terrorist attack, two U.S. government sources told Reuters.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has joined the New York City police department in investigating the incident, the sources said.
Several people have been hit by a vehicle near Chambers Street at around the time of the reported shooting, and at least five people were hurt, news channel PIX 11 reported.
The NYPD commissioner, James O’Neill said that the driver was a 29-year-old male armed with paintball gun and pellet gun. He was shot in abdomen by a uniformed New York police officer…
DRHazard says
His mother’s welfare check wasn’t enough to rent a truck AND buy a real gun. On top of that he wasn’t able to commit suicide by cop so his trip to Paradise will be delayed.
gravenimage says
NYC truck jihadi had paintball gun and pellet gun
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He may have thought he would “Martyred” by the police.
Nigel GFF says
“New York state governor Andrew Cuomo told media that there is no evidence to suggest wider plot or wider scheme.”
None at all, just 1400yrs and five continents.