驚魂萬聖節恐襲: 紐約曼哈頓貨車撞人最少8死數傷

就在紐約市的孩子們慶祝萬聖節的前夕,曼哈頓下城區髮生卡車撞人,造成最少 8 死 10 多人受傷事件,被列作恐怖襲擊調查。

Authorities respond near a damaged school bus Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in New York.

Authorities respond near a damaged school bus Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in New York. Source: AAP

事件髮生在噹地時間下午3:05時左右,疑犯駕駛一輛租來的貨車,在 West Houston Street 離開行車道,然後沿單車道向南行駛。貨車先撞到一輛校巴,校巴上 4 人受輕傷,包括 2 名學童。貨車再沿 West Side Highway 單車逕逆線行駛,再撞倒多人。[videocard video="1085659203509"]

警方稱,之後,司機拿著外型接近自動步鎗的仿制鎗技逃下車,被警方開鎗打傷後被捕。
Bicycles and debris lie on a bike path after a motorist drove onto the path near the World Trade Center memorial (AAP)
Bicycles and debris lie on a bike path after a motorist drove onto the path near the World Trade Center memorial (AAP) Source: AAP
紐約警察局長歐尼爾(James O'Neill)說,至少有8人在事故中身亡,其中包括至少6名男性,另外有11人受重傷被送往醫院。紐約巿政府稱,併無持續威脅,形容事件為「恐怖主義行為」。

美國有線新聞網絡引述最少 4 名目擊事件的執法人員稱,疑犯高呼「真主偉大」。警方表示,暫時不會公布 29 歲疑犯的身份。
New York City Police Officers respond to report of gunfire along West Street near the pedestrian bridge at Stuyvesant High School in lower Manhattan in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017.
New York City Police Officers respond to report of gunfire along West Street near the pedestrian bridge at Stuyvesant High School in lower Manhattan in New York Source: AAP

這座有著850萬人口的城市是美國的金融和娛樂之度,自從2001年基地組織對世貿中心雙子塔髮動恐怖襲擊以來,一直高度戒備。

美國總統特朗普譴責29歲的疑犯,“非常病態”、“瘋狂的人”。

澳大利亞代總理畢曉普表示,根據美國國務院的通知,目前據信沒有澳大利亞公民受傷或遇難,但是事件仍在髮展中。

擔心在紐約的親友的安全的澳洲人可以致電領事服務熱線1300 555 135。
Emergency personnel secure the scene of an incident where a man reportedly drove a truck along a bike lane in downtown New York, New York, USA
Emergency personnel secure the scene of an incident where a man reportedly drove a truck along a bike lane in downtown New York, New York, USA Source: AAP



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Published 1 November 2017 2:00pm
Updated 2 November 2017 11:47am


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