The FBI has revised its stance on the New Orleans truck attack, stating that the driver, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, acted alone despite earlier suggestions of possible accomplices. Jabbar, an American citizen from Texas, posted videos on Facebook expressing support for ISIS and foreshadowing the violence. 14 people were killed and 30 injured in the attack, the deadliest IS-inspired assault on US soil in years. Officials emphasize the attack's premeditation and Jabbar's clear inspiration from ISIS. The FBI also denies any connection between this attack and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel.
NEW ORLEANS — The Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s 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 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. The FBI continued to hunt for clues about Jabbar but said that a day into its investigation, it 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.
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. 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.
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