New Orleans attacker searched for Mardi Gras, German Christmas market rampage: FBI
- The FBI revealed that Jabbar had researched accessing a balcony on Bourbon Street and looked up a recent attack at a Christmas market in Germany.
- Fifty-Seven people were injured during the attack, which was the deadliest Islamic State-inspired assault on U.S. Soil in years, according to the FBI.
- Investigations into the attack are ongoing, prompting state and local authorities to probe possible security deficiencies in New Orleans, especially before the upcoming Super Bowl.
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Trump allies say FBI failed to stop New Orleans attack due to focus on white supremacy
In the aftermath of the ISIS-inspired terror attack committed by a man who plowed his truck through a crowd of New Year’s Eve revelers and killed 14 people in New Orleans, some of Donald Trump’s allies have suggested the FBI failed to prevent the attack because the agency was too focused on white su...
Suspect in New Orleans attack had no 'criminal intent' during visit to Tampa, FBI says
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The FBI announced Wednesday that investigators do not believe the suspect in the deadly New Year's Day attack in New Orleans had any "criminal intent" during his visit to Tampa. Authorities said Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, was in the Tampa area for a three-day period between Oct. 26 and Oct. 28. His visit occurred only a few months before the terror attack in New Orleans that claimed the lives of 15 people. Jury finds Flori…
New Orleans attack suspect had no criminal intent during his Tampa visit: FBI
The FBI says the man responsible for the deadly New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans had no criminal intent when he visited Tampa during a three-day period between October 26 and 28, 2024.
Army Vet Who Attacked Bourbon Street Researched Similar Rampage
Before plowing a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, killing 14 people, the man who carried out the Islamic State group-inspired attack had researched how to access a balcony on the city's famed Bourbon Street and looked up information about a similar recent attack at a Christmas market in Germany, the FBI said.
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