A driver of a pickup truck charged down a popular bike path in Manhattan on Tuesday leaving eight people dead and 11 injured. The truck driver was shot in the stomach by a NYPD officer after running into a school bus and leaving the truck. It is the deadliest terrorist attack in New York since the destruction of the World Trade Center buildings on Sept. 11, 2001. Police identified the terrorist as 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov. After crashing into the bus, Saipov ran down the roadway, waving a paintball gun and a pellet gun while yelling, "Allahu akbar." At this time, the officer discharged his weapon into the abdomen of Saipov and he was then sent to the hospital. As of … [Read more...] about 8 Dead and 11 Injured in NYC Terrorist Attack
Islamic State
Who, what, where, why of ISIS
By Francisco Casillas |Staff Writer| For the past year, ISIS has been the center of political media worldwide. With media bombarding readers with back-to-back articles about ISIS airstrikes and military action surrounding Iraq and Syria, it can be difficult to understand what is happening there. By spreading the facts about the terrorist organization called ISIS, we can understand what happens behind the organization. The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, otherwise known as ISIS or ISIL, formed in 2013. After seizing Mosul, Iraq, ISIS’s self-declared leader of Muslims, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, declared a caliphate, which erased borders and pushed Taliban-like rule upon any territory they … [Read more...] about Who, what, where, why of ISIS
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