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New Orleans: FBI probes ‘terrorist’ hyperlinks in truck assault that killed 15 folks – newest updates

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FBI probes ‘terrorist’ hyperlinks in New Orleans truck-ramming that killed 15

A US military veteran with an Islamic State (IS) flag and “hellbent” on carnage steered a pickup truck right into a crowd of New 12 months revelers in New Orleans on Wednesday, killing a minimum of 15 folks and injuring dozens, officers mentioned.

The FBI recognized the attacker as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US citizen from Texas. He appeared to have been an actual property agent working in Houston and had served as an IT specialist within the navy, studies Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Officers mentioned they have been trying to find accomplices however gave few particulars.

FBI brokers stroll close to a police automobile close to the positioning the place 15 folks have been killed by a person driving a truck in an assault throughout New 12 months’s celebrations, in New Orleans, Louisiana. {Photograph}: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters

Police Supt Anne Kirkpatrick described Jabbar as a “terrorist,” and the FBI mentioned “an Isis flag was located in the vehicle,” utilizing one other identify for the IS jihadist group.

US president Joe Biden, describing the assault as “despicable,” mentioned Jabbar had posted movies on-line hours earlier than “indicating that he was inspired by Isis.”

Biden additionally mentioned that regulation enforcement companies have been probing any attainable hyperlinks between the assault and the explosion in a while Wednesday of a Tesla Cybertruck outdoors a lodge owned by US president-elect Donald Trump in Las Vegas that killed one particular person, although he cautioned that none had been discovered to this point.

Officers mentioned a manhunt was below approach, with FBI agent Alethea Duncan warning that authorities “do not believe that Jabbar was solely responsible.”

Louisiana governor, Jeff Landry, mentioned: “We’re hunting some bad people down.”

The FBI mentioned it was conducting search warrants in New Orleans “and other states.” Earlier, the bureau’s subject workplace in Houston mentioned it was conducting exercise “related” to the New Orleans assault.

An FBI spokesperson instructed AFP that 15 folks had been killed within the assault, citing the New Orleans coroner’s workplace.

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China mentioned on Thursday it was “shocked” by the assault within the southern US metropolis of New Orleans that killed a minimum of 15 folks and injured dozens.

“We mourn the victims, and express our sympathy to their families and those injured,” overseas affairs spokesperson, Mao Ning, instructed an everyday press convention.

In line with Agence France-Presse (AFP), Mao instructed journalists:

We’re shocked by this violent assault … China all the time opposes any violent and terrorist acts focusing on civilians.”

She added that Beijing had not obtained any studies of Chinese language casualties from the nation’s embassy within the US.

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Regulation enforcement companies probing attainable hyperlinks between assault and Las Vegas explosion

US president Joe Biden mentioned that regulation enforcement companies have been probing any attainable hyperlinks between the assault and the explosion in a while Wednesday of a Tesla Cybertruck outdoors a lodge owned by US president-elect Donald Trump in Las Vegas that killed one particular person, although he cautioned that none had been discovered to this point.

Biden mentioned that “thus far, there’s nothing” linking the New Orleans assault with the Las Vegas explosion, which police described as an “isolated” incident.

The autos within the two assaults have been each rented by means of the favored car-sharing app Turo. The sheriff in Las Vegas mentioned that was a “coincidence … that we have to continue to look in to.”

A spokesperson for the app, utilized by tens of millions of individuals within the US, mentioned they have been working with regulation enforcement, studies Agence France-Presse (AFP).

“We do not believe that either renter … had a criminal background that would have identified them as a security threat,” the spokesperson instructed AFP.

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Up to date at 03.57 EST

Police mentioned the assault started about 3.15am (09.15am GMT) close to Bourbon Avenue within the coronary heart of the French Quarter, filled with folks celebrating the beginning of 2025.

The suspect drove a white Ford F-150 electrical pickup into a gaggle of pedestrians, then exited and was killed in a shootout with police – two of whom have been injured. Two selfmade bombs have been discovered and neutralised, the FBI mentioned.

“This man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could,” Police Supt Anne Kirkpatrick instructed reporters. Driving at “very high speed” and in a “very intentional” method, “he was hellbent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did,” Kirkpatrick mentioned, studies Agence France-Presse (AFP).

The Pentagon mentioned the attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, had served within the US military as a human sources specialist and an IT specialist from 2007 to 2015, after which within the military reserve till 2020. He deployed to Afghanistan from February 2009 till January 2010, a military spokesperson mentioned.

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Up to date at 03.46 EST

FBI probes ‘terrorist’ hyperlinks in New Orleans truck-ramming that killed 15

A US military veteran with an Islamic State (IS) flag and “hellbent” on carnage steered a pickup truck right into a crowd of New 12 months revelers in New Orleans on Wednesday, killing a minimum of 15 folks and injuring dozens, officers mentioned.

The FBI recognized the attacker as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US citizen from Texas. He appeared to have been an actual property agent working in Houston and had served as an IT specialist within the navy, studies Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Officers mentioned they have been trying to find accomplices however gave few particulars.

FBI brokers stroll close to a police automobile close to the positioning the place 15 folks have been killed by a person driving a truck in an assault throughout New 12 months’s celebrations, in New Orleans, Louisiana. {Photograph}: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters

Police Supt Anne Kirkpatrick described Jabbar as a “terrorist,” and the FBI mentioned “an Isis flag was located in the vehicle,” utilizing one other identify for the IS jihadist group.

US president Joe Biden, describing the assault as “despicable,” mentioned Jabbar had posted movies on-line hours earlier than “indicating that he was inspired by Isis.”

Biden additionally mentioned that regulation enforcement companies have been probing any attainable hyperlinks between the assault and the explosion in a while Wednesday of a Tesla Cybertruck outdoors a lodge owned by US president-elect Donald Trump in Las Vegas that killed one particular person, although he cautioned that none had been discovered to this point.

Officers mentioned a manhunt was below approach, with FBI agent Alethea Duncan warning that authorities “do not believe that Jabbar was solely responsible.”

Louisiana governor, Jeff Landry, mentioned: “We’re hunting some bad people down.”

The FBI mentioned it was conducting search warrants in New Orleans “and other states.” Earlier, the bureau’s subject workplace in Houston mentioned it was conducting exercise “related” to the New Orleans assault.

An FBI spokesperson instructed AFP that 15 folks had been killed within the assault, citing the New Orleans coroner’s workplace.

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