Suspect in New York vehicle attack 'did it in the name of ISIS'

The Uzbek immigrant accused of using a lorry to mow people down along a New York bike path, killing eight, did it in the name of the Islamic State group, police said on Wednesday.

Investigators, meanwhile, were at the hospital bedside of 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov, working to extract information about the attack on Tuesday afternoon near the World Trade Centre memorial that also left 12 people injured, a law enforcement official said.