{"id":433009,"date":"2017-11-01T11:57:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T11:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/01\/five-friends-killed-in-new-york-attack\/"},"modified":"2017-11-01T11:57:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T11:57:14","slug":"five-friends-killed-in-new-york-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/01\/five-friends-killed-in-new-york-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Five friends killed in New York attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Five friends from Argentina were among those killed in a truck attack in New York on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Eight people were killed and 11 injured when the driver of the truck hit people on a cycle path in Lower Manhattan.<\/p>\n

A 29-year-old man, reported to be an Uzbek immigrant, was shot and injured by police as he left the vehicle.<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to \u201cstep up\u201d vetting measures in the wake of the attack.<\/p>\n

The suspect, named by media as Sayfullo Saipov, reportedly shouted \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d (\u201cGod is greatest\u201d) as he left the truck.<\/p>\n

A note was found inside referring to the Islamic State militant group, law enforcement sources were quoted as saying by US media.<\/p>\n

Officials said it was a terror attack \u2013 the deadliest in the city since the 11 September attacks.<\/p>\n

Who were the victims?<\/p>\n

The deaths of the five Argentines were confirmed by the country\u2019s foreign ministry. They were part of a group of 10 friends in New York to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their graduation from a polytechnic college in the central city of Rosario, Argentine media said.<\/p>\n

One of the men who died, steel firm owner Ariel Erlij, helped pay for the friends\u2019 trip, La Naci\u00f3n newspaper reported (in Spanish).<\/p>\n

Argentina\u2019s foreign ministry named the men \u2013 all aged 48 or 49 \u2013 as Hernan Diego Mendoza, Diego Enrique Angelini, Alejandro Damian Pagnucco, Ariel Erlij and Hernan Ferruch.<\/p>\n

Another of the friends, Martin Ludovico Marro, is being treated in hospital. Three days of mourning have been declared in Rosario.<\/p>\n

A Belgian national was killed and three others injured, Belgium\u2019s foreign minister said.<\/p>\n

Two other victims have not yet been identified.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n

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