FBI now says suspect acted alone in New Orleans terror attack inspired by Islamic State
New Year's Day terror attack suspect acted alone, officials say; no definitive link to Las Vegas blast
New Year's Day terror attack suspect acted alone, officials say; no definitive link to Las Vegas blast
New Year's Day terror attack suspect acted alone, officials say; no definitive link to Las Vegas blast
The Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year바카라 게임 웹사이트s revelers in New Orleans acted alone, the FBI said Thursday, reversing its position from a day earlier that he likely worked with others in the deadly attack that officials said was inspired by the Islamic State group.
The FBI also revealed that the driver, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, an American citizen from Texas, posted five videos on his Facebook account in the hours before the attack in which he proclaimed his support for the militant group and previewed the violence that he would soon unleash in the famed French Quarter district.
What we know:
- Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. Army veteran, carried out a deadly New Year's attack alone, inspired by the Islamic State.
- The FBI initially suspected accomplices but later confirmed Jabbar acted solo, posting IS-aligned videos beforehand.
- The attack left over a dozen dead and more than 3o injured, turning a festive scene into chaos.
- Bourbon Street reopened Thursday afternoon.
- The postponed Sugar Bowl was played on Thursday.
바카라 게임 웹사이트This was an act of terrorism. It was premeditated and an evil act,바카라 게임 웹사이트 said Christopher Raia, the deputy assistant director of the FBI's counterterrorism division, calling Jabbar 바카라 게임 웹사이트100% inspired바카라 게임 웹사이트 by the Islamic State.
The attack along Bourbon Street killed 14 revelers, along with Jabbar, 42, who was fatally shot in a firefight with police after steering his speeding truck around a barricade and plowing into the crowd. About 30 people were injured.
Video above: 온라인 바카라 게임 conference: FBI now says suspect acted alone in New Orleans terror attack inspired by Islamic State
Video above: Terrifying video shows moment truck plowed through crowds in New Orleans. -- Warning: the above video is graphic
It was the deadliest IS-inspired assault on U.S. soil in years, laying bare what federal officials have warned is a resurgent international terrorism threat. It also comes as the FBI and other agencies brace for dramatic leadership upheaval 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and likely policy changes 바카라 게임 웹사이트 after President-elect Donald Trump's administration takes office.
President Joe Biden, speaking from the presidential retreat at Camp David, addressed the victims and the people of New Orleans: 바카라 게임 웹사이트I want you to know I grieve with you. Our nation grieves with you as you mourn and as you heal.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Raia stressed that there was no indication of a connection between the New Orleans attack and the explosion Wednesday of a Tesla Cybertruck filled with explosives outside Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s Las Vegas hotel. The person inside that truck, a decorated U.S. Army Green Beret, shot himself in the head just before detonation, authorities said.
The FBI continued to hunt for clues about Jabbar but said that a day into its investigation, the agency was confident he was not aided by anyone else in the attack, which killed an 18-year-old aspiring nurse, a single mother, a father of two and a former Princeton University football star, among others.
Video above: Names of some of the victims released
The attack plans also included the placement of crude bombs in the neighborhood in an apparent attempt to cause more carnage, officials said. Two improvised explosive devices left in coolers several blocks apart were rendered safe at the scene. Other devices were determined to be nonfunctional.
Officials reviewed surveillance video showing people standing near one of the coolers but concluded that they were not connected 바카라 게임 웹사이트in any way" with the attack, though investigators still want to speak with them as witnesses, Raia said.
Investigators were also trying to understand more about Jabbar's path to radicalization, which they say culminated with him picking up a rented truck in Houston on Dec. 30 and driving it to New Orleans the following night.
The FBI recovered a black Islamic State flag from his rented pickup and reviewed five videos posted to Facebook, including one in which he said he originally planned to harm his family and friends but "was concerned that news headlines would not focus on the 바카라 게임 웹사이트war between the believers and the disbelievers,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Raia said. Jabbar also stated that he joined IS before last summer, and he provided a last will and testament, the FBI said.
Jabbar joined the Army in 2007, serving on active duty in human resources and information technology and deploying to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010, the service said. He transferred to the Army Reserve in 2015 and left in 2020 with the rank of staff sergeant.
A U.S. government official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly, said Jabbar traveled to Egypt in 2023, staying in Cairo for a week, before returning to the U.S. and then traveling to Toronto for three days. It was not immediately clear what he did during those travels.
Abdur-Rahim Jabbar, Jabbar's younger brother, told The Associated Press on Thursday that it 바카라 게임 웹사이트doesn바카라 게임 웹사이트t feel real바카라 게임 웹사이트 that his brother could have done this.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I never would have thought it바카라 게임 웹사이트d be him,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s completely unlike him.바카라 게임 웹사이트
He said his brother had been isolated in the last few years but that he had also been in touch with him recently and did not see any signs of radicalization.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s completely contradictory to who he was and how his family and his friends know him,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said.
Video below: Man who attended high school with New Orleans attack suspect says he is shocked
Chris Pousson, of Beaumont, Texas, said he became friends with Shamsud-Din Jabbar in middle school, describing him as someone who was quiet and reserved and did not get into trouble.
After high school, he said, they reconnected on Facebook around 2008 or 2009 and would message back and forth throughout the next decade.
바카라 게임 웹사이트If any red flags would have popped off, I would have caught them, and I would have contacted the proper authorities,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트But he didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t give anything to me that would have suggested that he is capable of doing what happened.바카라 게임 웹사이트
In New Orleans on Thursday, a still-reeling city inched back toward normal operations.
Authorities finished processing the scene early in the morning, removing the last of the bodies, and Bourbon Street 바카라 게임 웹사이트 famous worldwide for music, open-air drinking and festive vibes 바카라 게임 웹사이트 reopened for business by early afternoon.
The Sugar Bowl college football game between Notre Dame and Georgia, initially set for Wednesday night and postponed by a day in the interest of national security, was still on for Thursday. The city also planned to host the Super Bowl next month.
New Orleans "is not only ready for game day today, but we바카라 게임 웹사이트re ready to continue to host large-scale events in our city because we are built to host at every single turn,바카라 게임 웹사이트 New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said.
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Tucker reported from Washington, and Mustian reported from Black Mountain, North Carolina. Associated Press reporters Stephen Smith, Chevel Johnson and Brett Martel in New Orleans; Jeff Martin in Atlanta; Rebecca Santana, Alanna Durkin Richer, Tara Copp and Zeke Miller in Washington; Kristie Rieken in Beaumont, Texas; Darlene Superville in New Castle, Delaware; Colleen Long in West Palm Beach, Florida; and Michael R. Sisak in New York contributed to this report.
