2. According to a source close to the investigation, the incident began after 3 pm in lower Manhattan when a truck jumped into a bike lane
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1. Officials are calling the truck ramming in Manhattan today an act of terror. Following is a thread on what I knowhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/nyregion/police-shooting-lower-manhattan.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news …
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3. The truck driver slammed into several pedestrians driving southbound. Then exited the bike path and struck a school bus.
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4. Attacker later jumped out with a firearm. He was shot in the buttocks by police and taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.
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5. According to source, the suspect is being interviewed now at Bellevue. Description I was given: "Male/possibly Middle Eastern/Full beard"
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6. Witnesses at the scene say he screamed out, "Allah Akbar." Next let me explain what ISIS is doing with this information.pic.twitter.com/imDys0S7Db
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7. First, there has been no official claim from ISIS or any other terrorist group for this violence. If it's ISIS, they may never claim it
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8. While there have been some exceptions, in general ISIS doesn't claim attacks if perpetrator is in custody. Recall the Chelsea bomber:pic.twitter.com/CkbBoo30gE
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9. In his bloodstained journal, the Chelsea bomber referenced ISIS spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani. Yet group never claimed him:pic.twitter.com/wIUITrBnUJ
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10. That said, pro-Islamic State channels on Telegram are hungrily sharing updates on their supposed "brother." See below:pic.twitter.com/vd5f1eZ66R
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11. They are also making commemorative online posters, marking the occasion:pic.twitter.com/fxsFMUSr6l
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12. These pro-ISIS channels are not official communications by the terrorist group - pls remember that, as many tend to erroneously conflate
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13. The channels are part of ISIS' online ecosystem. I like to think of them as ISIS weathervanes, showing us which way the wind is blowingpic.twitter.com/LHf7uKYWuG
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14. Yesterday, the an-Nur Centre Mediative - a French pro-ISIS group - put out a specific threat against Halloween.pic.twitter.com/fiP1aFyWl5
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15. ISIS has made repeated threats against numerous events & world capitals. So this is par for the course. But what's odd is the date:pic.twitter.com/LZ0jVggsXt
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16. Typically the threats are more amorphous - "Attack London! Attack Paris!" I rarely see a date on ISIS threats (though it's not 1st time)
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17. The threat was distributed in at least 4 languages. I don't know what to make of it. We often see threats. Is the date here meaningful?pic.twitter.com/9TKRHMtrW6
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18. Attacker is Sayfullo Saipov, 29, originally from Uzbekistan. He came here legally in 2010 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/nyregion/police-shooting-lower-manhattan.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/nyregion/police-shooting-lower-manhattan.html …
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19. Most recent @Soufangroup report states that highest # of foreign fighters to Syria are from ex-Soviet Republicspic.twitter.com/hPSUVyDa6L
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21. My colleagues at
@NBC are reporting a note was found in truck mentioning ISIS. Waiting for further details but this is in line w/Rumiyahpic.twitter.com/VJ3wUWRDz7
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22. In the November 2016 issue of the ISIS magazine Rumiyah, the terror group specifically advocated this style of attack.pic.twitter.com/B4NoHwwIAh
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23. The steps Rumiyah spells out include use a truck, crush ppl, then get out on foot & use a secondary weapon AND leave a note:pic.twitter.com/XHqpikThXK
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24. They say to throw the note out the window of the car. And note should state allegiance to ISIS:pic.twitter.com/ds1JdKuru8
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25. Very important: What language does the attacker use in the note? The terms he uses will point (or not) to the extent of radicalization
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