纽约警方在推特上发文说，31日下午，一辆卡车在曼哈顿下城世贸中心附近冲入行人、自行车道，撞倒多人后继续行驶，并撞上另一辆车。司机随后持仿真枪下车，后被警察开枪击伤。

警方说，嫌疑人目前已被拘留。

纽约市长比尔·德布拉西奥当天在新闻发布会上说，这是一起“特别懦弱的针对平民的恐怖袭击行为”。

Eight people were killed and a dozen more injured after a truck plowed into pedestrians near the World Trade Center in New York City, the mayor said on Tuesday (Oct 31).

Based on the information authorities had at the moment, the incident was "a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians," Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a press conference.

纽约警察局局长詹姆斯·奥尼尔在发布会上说，嫌犯是一名29岁男子，并非纽约人，当局不会立即公开嫌犯身份。

Speaking at the conference alongside with the mayor, New York City Police Commissioner James O' Neil said the suspect was a 29-year-old man who was not from New York. He said authorities would not release his identity immediately.

央视新闻援引美媒报道，嫌疑人为乌兹别克斯坦29岁男子，持美国“绿卡”，居住在佛罗里达州，姓名音译“萨弗罗•塞波夫”。目前相关调查仍在进行。

《今日美国》网站披露了嫌疑人身份

“乌兹别克男子确认为纽约恐袭案中的司机，导致8人死亡”

BBC则还公布了恐袭发生时嫌犯的外貌和行为

“录像显示纽约恐袭嫌犯”（外媒报道截屏）

奥尼尔介绍，当天下午3时05分左右，这名男子驾驶一辆小型卡车在世贸中心附近道路上连撞多人，随后该卡车撞上一辆校车，并造成两名成人和两名儿童受伤。

At 3:05 p.m., a male driving a rented Home Depot pickup truck entered the West Side Highway bicycle path at Houston Street, according to O' Neil. He said the man began driving southbound, striking a number of pedestrians and bicyclists along the route. At Chambers Street, the truck collided with a school bus, injuring two adults and two children, according to the police.

在撞上校车后，肇事男子手持两支仿真枪下车，警察随后开枪将其击伤。这名男子后被送到当地医院。

After the collision, the driver exited the vehicle, holding up a paintball gun and a pellet gun. He was shot by a uniformed police officer and was then sent to a hospital.

纽约州长安德鲁·科莫在发布会上说，目前看来这是一起“独狼”式袭击，没有迹象表明有更大规模的袭击图谋。

Also at the press conference, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, who just hours ago wished New Yorkers a safe and happy Halloween, said there was no evidence of ongoing threat after the truck attack.

CNN则报道恐袭与ISIS有关

有报道称，袭击者下车时曾高喊“真主伟大”的口号。在新闻发布会上，奥尼尔在被问及袭击者是否呼喊该口号时只回答称，“是的，他在下车时的确呼喊了口号”。奥尼尔没有介绍具体的口号内容。
 

Reports said that the driver shouted "Allahu Akbar," which means "God is great" in Arabic. O'Neil was asked to confirm whether the driver made such statement at the press conference. He said that the driver "did make a statement when he exited the vehicle" although he declined to elaborate on it.

目击者约翰·威廉姆斯说，事件发生时他正在附近，他看到有妇女带着孩子迎面跑来，并大喊“他有枪！”随后大约半分钟，威廉姆斯听到枪声。他还补充道，“（事发现场）有一辆白色皮卡，车头已经被撞扁，还冒着烟。”
 

An eyewitness named John Williams said "When I was walking down the street towards the incident, I saw a group of women and children were running towards me, one of them was saying 'he has a gun, he has a gun.' I turned around and heard the gunshot about 30 seconds later." "There was a white pickup truck with Home Depot logos. The front of the truck was completely smashed in and there was smoke," he added.

袭击发生后，美国总统特朗普在推特帐号上表示，这是“又一起由病态的疯子实施的袭击”，执法部门正在紧密跟踪事态发展。他向遇难者表示哀悼，向受害者家属表示慰问。

中国驻纽约总领事馆说，事发后总领馆立即启动应急机制，第一时间联系纽约警局和医院了解情况。根据目前了解的情况，未收到有中国公民涉及的报告。总领馆将继续跟进案件进展情况。

According to preliminary information gathered by Consulate General of China in New York, there were no reports of Chinese nationals killed or injured in the terror attack.

据中国驻纽约总领馆消息，目前还没有收到中国公民涉及此次事件伤亡的消息。