Tim willcox is in london. Not farfrom where i am a car has ploughed into a group of pedestrians in times square. One person is known to have died and 23 are injured. Police are saying it isnt terror related but the location draws tourists from around the world and it comes at a time when people on both sides of the atlantic are on edge about cars being used in attacks. The mayor of new york has been speaking, this is what he had to say. So far what we know, 23 individuals were injured in this incident. That includes tragically one young woman who has passed away. The perpetrator is in custody, a United States citizen and a former memberof the United States citizen and a former member of the armed forces. Inaudible the bbcs nada tawfik is on the scene for us and has an update. What more do we know about the driver . What the nypd has said is that this was a 26 year old man from the bronx, here in new york, new york native, former member of the navy, they say that he does have a criminal
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