New Orleans truck attack: what we know so far
Attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a truck into a crowd, killing 15 people and injuring 35 others
A man driving a pickup truck that bore the flag of the Islamic State group wrought carnage in New Orleans’ during New Year’s celebrations, killing 15 people as he steered around a police blockade and slammed into revelers before being shot dead by police.
The FBI said it was investigating the attack early on Wednesday as a terrorist act and does not believe the driver acted alone. Investigators found guns and what appeared to be an improvised explosive device in the vehicle, along with other devices elsewhere in the city’s famed French Quarter.
Here’s what we know:
Author Of article : Ramon Antonio Vargas in New Orleans
Saint James Talarico (he/him)
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