A terrorist attack in New York, where a man ran into people on a bike path, killed eight people. City officials said at a press conference convened in connection with the attack that six people died at the scene and two more died in the hospital. 11 people are hospitalized. The number of victims may be higher, as some of them could leave the scene on their own, they said at a press conference convened in connection with the attack. Police said the attacker was 29 years old.

Andrew Kelly / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta on October 31, the man went to the bike path in Manhattan and began to knock people. The eight people were killed, as far as known at the time of publication, at least ten were injured. The criminal was detained; According to unconfirmed reports, before that he shouted Allah Akbar. The mayor of New York called the incident a terrorist attack.

A collision with people on a bike path in New York, which resulted in the death of several people, is being investigated as a terrorist attack. This is reported by CBS and CNN TV channels , citing law enforcement sources. An Associated Press source also says the incident is being investigated as a possible terrorist attack. On October 31 in New York, a man in a pickup truck drove onto a bike path near the World Trade Center and started hitting people .

At least eight people died Bebeto Matthews / AP / Scanpix / Leta The criminal drove on a light truck for a bicycle path at West Street in Manhattan at about 15:05 local time (22:05 Moscow time). He drove about 20 quarters and shot down, according to preliminary data, about 20 people. At the time of publication of the material, it is known about eight dead and 11 victims who were hospitalized.

In New York, a pickup truck driver hit several people on a path for cyclists and pedestrians. According to various sources, six or seven people died, nine to 15 people were injured. The suspect was shot by the police and is in custody . The police said that at some point the car collided with another car, after which the driver went outside and began to threaten with an object that looked like a firearm. Initially, it was reported that the gunman started the shooting.

The US Treasury announced a ban on American citizens and companies from participating in Russian projects related to oil production in the Arctic, on the shelves and at depth. The sanctions will come into force on January 29, 2018. They prohibit the supply of goods, services and technologies for such projects. The restrictions were introduced in accordance with the law on the expansion of sanctions against the Russian Federation, adopted in the United States in the summer of 2017.

How state officials in Russia’s North Caucasus police, provoke, and persecute the people with ties to armed insurgents Dmitry Korotayev / Kommersant A police officer outside the Al-Nadyriiya mosque in Makhachkala, Dagestan. November 20, 2015 In the early 2010s, officials in Russia’s North Caucasus started creating special commissions designed to persuade insurgents to lay down their arms and return to civilian life.

In St. Petersburg, a world court fined a school teacher 1,000 rubles for writing “fool” on a student’s forehead. The woman was found guilty of insult (Part 1 of Article 5.61 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The court imposed a minimum fine on her because she has a dependent child, the prosecutor's office said. The incident took place on September 21 at school No. 684 in St. Petersburg.

On October 24, the creators of one of the most popular VKontakte publics MDK announced the access to the ICO - public sale of their own cryptocurrency. It will be called MDK-token. The public is going to attract investments for the development of a new mobile and not related to VKontakte platform. MDK was criticized many times for insulting jokes, in 2015 they blocked him, including for insulting the feelings of believers and inciting ethnic rake (the public was forced to move to a new address).

Netflix and MRC have suspended filming for the final sixth season of House of Cards following allegations of harassment against Kevin Spacey. "MRC and Netflix have decided to freeze production on the sixth season so that we have time to review the current situation and address any questions that members of the crew have," the companies said in a statement. Yesterday, Netflix announced that the series' sixth season would be its last.

In Tallinn on the morning of October 31, police shot and killed 33-year-old Jaanus Käärman, who, according to eyewitnesses, was walking around the city with knives in his hands, barefoot and with a rope around his neck. The police arrived at the scene after calls from passers-by, who, according to a police spokesman, "were very frightened." According to video footage of the incident released by Estonian media, the police started shooting after the man ran towards them, waving his arms.

October 31. Review of the new iPhone and the misadventures of Navalny’s coordinator Main The head of Alexei Navalny's headquarters, Ksenia Pakhomova, is being persecuted in Kemerovo. Her boyfriend was expelled from the university's master's program, her mother was fired , and her grandmother was threatened with dismissal. In Ukraine, the car of Adam Osmayev, who was accused of preparing an assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin, was fired upon.

Personal page of Ksenia Pakhomova in Vkontakte Ksenia Pakhomova and her mother Natalya Pakhomova Mother of the coordinator of the headquarters of Navalny in Kemerovo was fired from the post of school principal The head of the Kemerovo headquarters of the opposition Alexei Navalny Ksenia Pakhomova said on October 31 that her mother Natalya Pakhomova was dismissed from the art school No. 50, where she was appointed director just two weeks before.

19-year-old singer from Yekaterinburg Monetochka released a video for the new song "The Last Disco". The song talks about farewell to childhood and a disco at the graduation party with all the exacerbations of feelings inherent in it. From the point of view of the accuracy of the selected types, the video is simultaneously similar to the film “Bitter”, the TV series “Fizruk” and the statements on the school theme directed by Valeria Gai-Germanika.

The head of VTB Andrey Kostin came to the party for the guests of the investment forum in the image of Joseph Stalin, according to the Financial Times, to which Kostin's photos were sent by readers. VTB top manager Yuri Solovyov, according to the publication, portrayed another leader of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev.