Terrorists Have a Long, Grim History of Using Cars as Weapons

The pickup truck rampage that left at least eight people dead in lower Manhattan Tuesday was just the latest example of a grim trend in global militancy: The rising use of everyday vehicles to mow down pedestrians on busy city streets.

Prior to the New York attack, there were at least eight such assaults by armed groups and lone attackers since as recently as 2016, including attacks in France, the U.K., Spain and Germany.