Theresa May: UK stands with US over ‘cowardly’ New York attack
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Theresa May has offered her support to the United States following last night’s terror attack in New York which killed eight people.
The incident involved the driver of a truck ploughing into people on a cycle path in Lower Manhattan, leaving a further 11 injured.
A 29-year-old man was shot by police as he left the car and detained, with authorities later saying it was a terror attack.
Among those killed in the atrocity were five Argentinian nationals and one Belgian.
The Prime Minister said the case highlighted the need of countries to work together and “defeat the evil of terrorism”:
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan also paid tribute to the victims of the attack, tweeting a statement saying New Yorkers would now be “cowed” by the latest “assault on the innocent”.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson were also among those to offer their sympathies, tweeting:
US President Donald Trump took to Twitter to condemn the "very sick and deranged perpetrator", before insisting ISIS recruits must not be allowed to return to the country and the US must "step up" its vetting procedures.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio described the attack as "a particularly cowardly act of terror" that was "aimed at innocent civilians going about their daily lives".
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