New Orleans new year celebrations turn to terror and tragedy

In New Orleans, celebration is followed by terror in the French Quarter - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

It was just after 3 a.m. Wednesday, and while much of the country had already gone to bed after toasting the new year, the party was still going — as it usually does — on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

As night falls after French Quarter terror attack, some normalcy returns and police remain

The streets of the French Quarter still teemed with New Orleans police officers and Louisiana State Police troopers on Wednesday night. But in other ways, life in this slice of the city seemed untouched.

In New Orleans, Celebration Is Followed By Terror in the French Quarter

It was just after 3 a.m. on Wednesday, and while much of the country had already gone to bed after toasting the new year, the party was still going — as it usually does — on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Then came the sound of a white pickup truck, accelerating. In an instant the city’s best-known, most popular public space was transformed into a scene of death and terror. “We heard him punch the gas and then the impact and then the screams,” s…

Terror Strikes New Orleans: 15 Killed in French Quarter Rampage

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. New Orleans rang in the new year with a tragedy as a man drove a pickup truck into crowds of revellers early Wednesday, killing 15 and injuring dozens more in a horrifying attack near the iconic Bourbon Street. World News | Terror Strikes New Orleans: 15 Killed in French Quarter Rampage.

Terrorism suspected in New Orleans truck-ramming that killed 15

A US citizen with an Islamic State flag and "hellbent" on carnage steered a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year revelers in New Orleans on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, officials said. The FBI identified the attacker as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US citizen from Texas and an Army