Protesters interrupted a live CNN broadcast from the scene of the New York terror attack on Tuesday night to chant 'fake news'.

Microphones picked up on the group's shouts as Anderson Cooper attempted to cover the Manhattan attack which killed eight and wounded 12.

At another point a man made his way into the back of the shot while holding a banner which read 'CNN is ISIS'.

The group appears to have been led by Laura Loomer, an outspoken Trump supporter who describes herself as a 'independent investigative journalist' online.

Trump has repeatedly branded CNN 'fake news' during his press conferences and while holding rallies with his supporters.

While ISIS has not claimed responsibility for the attack, terrorist Sayfullo Saipov is believed to have been carrying propaganda from the terror group in the truck he used to kill eight people and wound 12.

Pro-ISIS channels on social media have also been praising Saipov and describing him as a 'brother'.

The terror group had also issued a propaganda leaflet earlier on Tuesday calling for attacks that evening, though it had featured a picture of the Eiffel Tower rather than New York.

Saipov drove 17 blocks down a cycle path in lower Manhattan in a rented Home Depot truck before swerving back on to a highway and slamming into a school bus.

He then jumped out of the vehicle waving fake guns before he was shot in the stomach by an NYPD officer and arrested.

Protesters interrupted CNN's live broadcast from the scene of the New York terror attack to chant 'fake news' and wave a banner saying 'CNN is ISIS' last night

Saipov is now in hospital and is being questioned by officers to establish a motive.

He is a 29-year-old Uzbek national who came to America legally in 2010 and lived for a time in Ohio, where he owns two trucking companies, before moving to Florida and most recently New Jersey.

There he qualified as an Uber driver and friends say he spent the summer driving for the ride-sharing app.

Kobiljon Matkarov, 37, who met Saipov five years ago in Ohio, told the New York Times that he was 'very friendly' and good with children.

However, the manager of Saipov's local supermarket in New Jersey described him as an 'erratic' man who berated and belittled the cashiers.

The manager, who wished to remain anonymous, said he was quick to anger and violent - often breaking cans of soda as he argued over the price.