A man suspected of killing eight people and injuring at least ten more in a vehicle truck attack left a note pledging allegiance to Islamic State, US media has reported.
Officials have said they discovered the note, which one officer said was written in a foreign language, in the truck Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov allegedly drove through a busy Manhattan cycle route on Tuesday afternoon.
The 29-year-old reportedly drove 14 blocks before crashing into a school bus and jumping from the rented truck with two replica guns.
He was then shot in the abdomen by police and is expected to survive after undergoing surgery.
Authorities speaking under anonymity have revealed Saipov, who worked as a truck and Uber driver, was an Uzbekistan national who entered the US legally in 2010. He had lived in Tampa, Florida, and New Jersey.
A family friend, Dilnoza Abdusamatova, told the Cincinnatti Enquirer that he was "really calm" and "wouldn't go to parties or anything".
"He only used to come home and rest and leave and go back to work," he said.
Of the eight people killed in the attack the majority are foreign nationals, with five belonging to the same group from the Argentine city of Roasario.
The friends were visiting New York as part of a 30th anniversary school reunion when they were killed, the country's foreign ministry revealed.
A sixth victim, from Belgium, was announced by foreign minister Didier Reynders in the hours following the attack.
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