New Orleans attack updates: Suspect identified as US citizen in attack that left 15 dead, sources say

[Sugar Cookie]

A suspect who was "hell-bent" on killing as many people as possible drove a rented pickup truck around barricades and plowed his vehicle through a crowd of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans at a high rate of speed, leaving at least 15 dead and injuring dozens of others early Wednesday, city and federal officials said.

After mowing down numerous people over a three-block stretch on the famed thoroughfare while firing shots into the crowd, the suspect -- identified by sources as Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42 -- allegedly got out of the truck wielding an assault rifle and opened fire on police officers, law enforcement officials briefed on the incident told ABC News.

Officers returned fire, killing the suspect, a U.S. citizen from Texas, sources said. At least two police officers were shot and wounded, authorities said.

Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, told ABC News Wednesday afternoon that the number of people killed in the incident has risen from 10 to 15. He said another 25 people were hospitalized with injuries.

Improvised explosive devices found in and around the scene on Bourbon Street were apparently found to be viable and investigators were looking for more in the city's French Quarter, multiple law enforcement sources tell ABC News.

It appears that the truck the suspect rented was spotted in Texas on Tuesday, but it was not clear if the suspect was in the vehicle at the time, according to a source citing preliminary law enforcement information. An ISIS flag along with weapons were found in the vehicle and investigators were trying to assess the suspect's connection to terror groups, the FBI said.

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New Orleans attack updates: Suspect identified as US citizen in attack that left 15 dead, sources say

A suspect who was "hell-bent" on killing as many people as possible drove a rented pickup truck around barricades and plowed his vehicle through a crowd of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans at a high rate of speed, leaving at least 15 dead and injuring dozens of others early...

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[Turd Fergusen]

FBI hunts terror cell in New Orleans as 3 men, 1 woman seen planting IEDs around city​

New Year’s celebrations in New Orleans turned tragic early Wednesday after a terrorist mowed down revelers on the city’s iconic Bourbon Street, killing at least 10 and injuring dozens of others, officials said.
After ramming into the crowd, driver Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, was shot dead during a gunfight with cops that left two officers injured. Jabbar grew up in Texas and is believed to have served in the military for 10 years, sources told The Post.

He drove an EV pickup truck — which displayed a black ISIS flag on the back — through the barricades on the corner of Bourbon and Canal streets. The FBI has yet to confirm his possible connections or affiliations with ISIS.

At least three improvised pipe bombs were found nearby in the city’s famed French Quarter, including one in Jabbar’s truck. Two were homemade with nails hidden in blue coolers, sources told The Post.
The FBI does not think the terrorist “was solely responsible,” the agency said Wednesday afternoon, and a Louisiana State Police intelligence bulletin obtained by The Associated Press revealed that three men and a woman were seen stashing the devices across the historic district.

“This is not just an act of terrorism – this is evil,” New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said during a news conference Wednesday.

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[Khadijah]

Islam. Always. Wins. <3

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The brother of the terrorist who launched the deadly car attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans says that “radicalization” is to blame for his kin’s rampage.

Abdur Jabbar, 24, of Beaumont, Texas, told the New York Times that his brother Shamsud-Din Jabbar — who killed at least 15 people in the New Year’s Day attack — converted to Islam at an early age.

The younger Jabbar told the newspaper that what his brother “did does not represent Islam. This is more some type of radicalization, not religion.”

Abdur described his brother, who was killed by police after mowing down innocent revelers, “a sweetheart really, a nice guy, a friend, really smart, caring,” according to the Times.

In videos posted to his Facebook page prior to the attack, Shasmud-Din Jabbar “pledged allegiance to ISIS,” the outlet reported, citing law enforcement officials.

He also confessed he planned on murdering his family in one of the videos.

The twice-divorced terrorist had two daughters, ages 15 and 20, with ex-wife Nakedra Charrlle, according to the New York Times.

Shasmud-Din was driving while recording those videos and authorities believe that they could have been recorded while he was on the road to Louisiana from his Houston home, according to those sources.

New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s brother blames ‘radicalization’ for attack that left 15 dead

Abdur Jabbar, 24, of Beaumont, Texas, told The New York Times that his brother Shasmud-Din Jabbar — who killed at least 15 people in the New Year’s Day attack — converted to Islam at an early age.…

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Dead Shamsud

 

[Sugar Cookie]

 

[knockout]

Islam. Always. Wins. <3

Our own little troll, seems we just lost one after the election, motherfucker probably offed himself in his desperation
Anyhow, enjoy, I won't be feeding you again
Bye

 

[thuumpr]

Islam. Always. Wins. <3

Why am I imagining that with that thinking, you shoulda called 'shotgun' in that Tesla Cybertruck in Vegas.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

New images have been released of the homemade bombs — containing nails and a “very rare explosive compound” — New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar planted along Bourbon Street ahead of his New Year’s Day massacre.

The pictures obtained by ABC News show steel pipes surrounded by rows of nails connected to a radio-controller receiver.

The bombs were meant to cause even more carnage after Jabbar plowed his truck into revelers, killing 14 people and wounding dozens more — but fortunately the explosives failed to detonate before New Orleans police shot Jabbar dead.

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New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar planned to detonate homemade bombs filled with nails, ‘rare’ explosive compound, new pictures show

Other photos show glass jars filled with flammable liquid that officials found in the rental truck also meant to inflict maximum damage, ABC News reported.

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