10 Dead in Bourbon Street Attack: Terrorism Suspected in New Year’s Chaos"

Lee Ferrara

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So, New Orleans had a terrifying start to the year when some guy drove a car into a crowd at Bourbon and Iberville, killing 10 people and injuring a bunch more. It went down around 3 a.m. after New Year’s celebrations, and just hours before the AllState Bowl—because, of course, chaos doesn’t care about your football plans.

The suspect? Shot dead by cops, and now the FBI is poking around because apparently, he brought an IED into the French Quarter. Mayor Cantrell called it a terrorist attack, and authorities are sweeping the area for more bombs. Happy New Year, right?
 
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From Nola.com:

Suspect's car had ISIS flag, sources say
11 a.m. - The suspect accused of plowing a truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street is 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar, according to a law enforcement source.

The source said he was carrying an ISIS flag in the truck.

Bourbon Street attacker was in full military gear
10:45 a.m. - New Orleans City Council President Helena Moreno said the suspect in the mass casualty incident was in full military gear and was apparently not a local resident.
 

FBI Statement on the Attack in New Orleans​

Today, at approximately 3:15 a.m. CST, an individual drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 10 and injuring dozens of others. After hitting the crowd, he exited the vehicle and fired upon local law enforcement. Law enforcement returned fire and the subject was pronounced deceased at the scene. Two law enforcement officers were injured and transported to a local hospital.

The subject has been identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas. He was driving a Ford pickup truck, which appears to have been rented, and we are working to confirm how the subject came into possession of the vehicle.

An ISIS flag was located in the vehicle, and the FBI is working to determine the subject's potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations.

Weapons and a potential IED were located in the subject’s vehicle. Other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter. The FBI’s special agent bomb technicians are working with our law enforcement partners to determine if any of these devices are viable, and they will work to render those devices safe.

The FBI is the lead investigative agency, and we are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism. We are aggressively running down all leads to identify any possible associates of the subject.

The FBI has set up a digital tip line, and we ask anyone with information or video of the incident to submit them to www.fbi.gov/bourbonstreetattack or call 1-800-CALL-FBI.
 
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