A US Army veteran drove a truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, killing at least 14 people. The FBI says the suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, acted alone, pledging allegiance to Islamic State before the attack.
A US Army veteran who drove a truck into a crowd of New Year’s Day revelers in New Orleans had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, but acted alone in the attack that killed at least 14 people, the FBI said yesterday. The suspect, who the FBI said was shot dead at the scene after firing at police, has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texan who once served in Afghanistan. He drove from Houston to New Orleans on December 31.
On the morning of the attack, between 1:29 am and 3:02 am, he posted five videos on Facebook in which he said he supported IS, the Islamic militant group with fighters in Iraq and Syria, the FBI said. The massacre in New Orleans’s famed Bourbon Street nightlife district during a holiday celebration has made for an unnerving start to the new year in the US, with law enforcement officials across the country promising heightened security for upcoming public events. In his first video, Jabbar said he previously planned to harm his family and friends, but was concerned that the media coverage would not focus on the “war between the believers and the disbelievers,” FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia said at a press conference
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