Uzbekistan offers help in New York truck attack probe: prez

AFP  |  Moscow 

The president of Uzbekistan today offered to help US authorities in the investigation of the attack in New York where a truck driver, reportedly an Uzbek national, mowed down passersbys, killing eight.

"Uzbekistan is ready to use all forces and resources to help in the investigation of this act of terror," President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said, offering condolences to US President Donald Trump in a statement on the foreign ministry's website.

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First Published: Wed, November 01 2017. 14:22 IST