The man liable for the truck assault in New Orleans that killed 14 folks on New Year’s Day had visited the town twice earlier than and recorded video of the French Quarter with hands-free glasses, the FBI has stated.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a US citizen from Houston, additionally travelled to Cairo, Egypt, in addition to Ontario, Canada, earlier than the assault. However, in response to the FBI, it isn’t clear whether or not his journeys overseas have been linked to the assault.
“We have additionally tracked that Jabbar travelled to Cairo, Egypt, from June 22 till July 3 of 2023. A couple of days later, he flew to Ontario, Canada, on July 10 and returned to the US on July 13 of 2023,” Lyonel Myrthil, FBI particular agent in control of the New Orleans area workplace, stated at a press briefing, in response to Reuters.
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“Our brokers are getting solutions as to the place he went, who he met with and the way these journeys could or could not tie into his actions in our metropolis in New Orleans,” he added.
Jabbar, who the FBI says pledged loyalty to the Islamic State jihadist group, used a pickup truck to kill and wound revellers in New Orleans’s crowded French Quarter on New Year’s Day, earlier than being killed by police.
Fourteen folks have been killed, and about 30 different folks suffered accidents within the assault.
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The New Orleans assault coincided with a high-profile incident in Las Vegas a number of hours later, the place a Tesla Cybertruck blew up exterior the Trump International Hotel, killing the driving force.
Jabbar proclaimed his assist for the Islamic State militant group in on-line movies posted hours earlier than he struck. It was the deadliest IS-inspired assault on US soil in years, laying naked what federal officers have warned is a resurgent worldwide terrorism risk.