Eight dead in terror attack after truck careens down a cycle path near Ground Zero before the male Uzbeki driver, 29, runs off and is shot by cops while waving paintball gun and yelling Allahu Akbar

Eight people are dead and 11 people have been hospitalized in a serious but non life-threatening condition

The truck driver was named by insiders as 29-year-old Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, a citizen of Uzbekistan

The Florida resident allegedly mounted West Side Highway bike path at 3.05pm on Tuesday at Houston Street

He then continued southbound for 17 blocks, mowing down pedestrians, runners and cyclists, cops said

Only when he crashed into a school bus at Chambers Street did he stop; he then hopped out of the truck

The man was then seen brandishing two fake guns before being shot in the stomach by an NYPD officer

He survived and was taken to hospital where he now remains under the supervision of police 

By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com and Wills Robinson In New York For Dailymail.com

Published: 15:23 EDT, 31 October 2017 | Updated: 19:12 EDT, 31 October 2017

Eight people are dead and 11 have been injured after a truck mounted a bicycle path in lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, mowing down cyclists and runners for 17 blocks, then reportedly shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’.

The 29-year-old driver, named by insiders as Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, entered the bicycle path at Houston Street at 3.05pm and drove downtown, knocking down victims before smashing into a school bus at at Chambers Street.

Two children and two adults on the bus were injured; they and seven other people are now in hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

After coming to a stop in his rented Home Depot truck, the terrorist then emerged from waving a paintball gun in one hand and a pellet gun in the other. read full story here