Police have explained that the FBI investigates the incident as an attack, and that they have arrested the driver of the vehicle. This is a rental truck from the company Home Depot that has invaded around three in the afternoon the bike and pedestrian lane of the West Side Highway, near the World Trade Center. Six people have died in the attack and two others on the way to the hospital.

Subsequently, the driver, a man of 29 years, has left the vehicle carrying firearms. A policeman has confronted the suspect, who has been arrested. "Currently there is a person in custody," explained the New York Police Department, in a message posted on his official Twitter social network account and later confirmed at a press conference by Police Commissioner James O ' Neill, who added: "All the information is preliminary because the investigation is underway."

The mayor of the city Bill de Basio has described as "cowardly act of terror" and has asked the Americans to pray for the victims. "This action wanted to break us, but New Yorkers are strong," said the mayor.

In a previous message, the NYPD has asked citizens to avoid passing through the Chambers Street with West. "It is expected that there will be a lot of emergency personnel in the area," he said. The authorities are asking people to continue with their normal life, but be alert. Today in New York the traditional Halloween parade takes place, bringing together thousands of people in the streets, and police have announced additional preventive measures.