At least a seventh attack since 2001

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Prisca Benoit

Monday, December 11, 2017 22:57

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The attack Monday in New York city, adds to the long list of attacks or attempts perpetrated in the american metropolis since the September 11, 2001.

October 31, 2017

A truck-aries pounced on passers-by on a bike path on the south of Manhattan, causing 8 dead and 11 wounded.

May 18, 2017

An ex-military 26-year-old pounced in the car in the crowd in Times Square, on the lunch hour, making 1 death and 22 injuries.

September 17, 2016

Ahmad Rahimi, an afghan-American, put two bombs in the upscale neighborhood of Chelsea, New York. One explodes and thirty with minor injuries.

Summer 2016

An attack to take place during the month of ramadan, in June and July, has been foiled, revealed to the prosecutor of New York in October 2017. Two people, 19 years were involved, a Canadian and an American living in Pakistan.

May 1, 2010

A bomb attack was foiled in Times Square. An SUV with a fake plate and filled with explosives was found in the evening.

September 2009

An Afghan 24-year-old is arrested after his suicide attack had been foiled. Najibullah Zazi wanted to ask homemade bombs made from peroxide, acetone, that it was procured by a pharmacy.