Federal officials do not believe the suspect in the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans was assisted by the other four people recorded on surveillance video.
The attack killed 15 people and injured others. new york post reported A horrifying scene unfolded on Bourbon Street Wednesday as people were celebrating.
Surveillance video from the French Quarter showed three men and a woman planting explosives at multiple locations, according to a federal alert issued to police departments across the country shortly after the tragic attack. It is said that he was
Federal authorities later denied any involvement in the attack, but still suggested that suspected terrorist Shamsuddin Jabbar, 42, was not “solely responsible” for the massacre.
A suspect is accused of driving a pickup truck into a crowd, killing 15 people and injuring at least 30 more, Breitbart News reported Wednesday.
“The subject subsequently engaged local law enforcement and is now deceased,” the FBI said.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials confirmed that Jabbar was displaying an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) flag in his car at the time. The agency also said it was investigating the attack as an act of terrorism.
AFP reported on Wednesday that residents and visitors were left in disbelief after the incident. “We're all numb,” New Orleans native Ken Williams told the outlet.
video footage show The moment a pedestrian on the road notices a truck approaching. According to KVUE, vehicles scatter when they enter the camera's field of view.
Authorities said Jabbar, wearing a bulletproof vest, sped down Bourbon Street and fired an “AR-style rifle” from his truck. He appears to have sped for about three blocks, crashed, got out of his truck and fired again, wounding two police officers at the scene.
Jabbar is a US Army veteran from Texas, AFP news agency reported on Thursday.
According to CNN, “Before driving a rented truck and attending a New Year's party, Jabbar, 42, released a series of videos in which he talked about the plot to kill his family and the dreams that led him to join the Islamic State group. “It was posted online,” the outlet said.
