New York attack: five Argentines confirmed among the dead
Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported this afternoon that among the victims of today's attack in New York there were five Argentine citizens.
The group had traveled to the United States as part of a group of ten people celebrating their graduation anniversary. They had attended the Polytechnic College of Rosario, Argentina third-largest city.
The victims had reportedly rented bicycles and were riding through Lower Manhattan, when they were hit by a truck on West Ave and Debrosses Street. In addition to the five fatalities, another member of the group from Argentina was seriously wounded; the other four members of the group are out of danger.
"The Government of the Argentine Republic is deeply shocked by the death of the compatriots and works to help the relatives and friends of the victims," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
In turn, Foreign Ministry noted that "the federal authorities of the United States reported that they are conducting a criminal investigation into the terrorist act, having applied the summary secrecy rule and therefore have not yet disclosed the identity of the deceased."
A total of eight people were killed and 12 wounded after a 29-year-old man from Uzbekistan hit them with a rented van in a pedestrian and bicycle path in southwest Manhattan, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
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They were in New York to celebrate their 30th graduation anniversary because when they graduated from technical school they promised each other to meet in New York on this day. Can you believe it, Judi.
