The FBI claims that the suspect in the New Orleans attack on Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day had bought the gun used in the Arlington attack over a month earlier.
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FBI officials said the man who carried out a terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans had traveled to Egypt and Canada before the massacre.
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He also visited New Orleans twice before and recorded video in the French Quarter.
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FBI officials said the man who carried out a terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans had traveled to Egypt and Canada before the massacre.
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He also visited New Orleans twice before and recorded video in the French Quarter.
More than a month prior to the terrorist assault on New Year’s Day, the man who drove a truck down Bourbon Street purchased a firearm in Arlington.
According to FBI authorities at a news briefing on Sunday, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a Houston-based U.S. citizen, also visited Cairo, Egypt, and Ontario, Canada, before to the attack, though it is yet unclear if those excursions were related.
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Thirty people were injured and fourteen people died from “blunt force injuries” in the New Orleans attack on New Year’s Day. During a shootout with the police, Jabbar was slain. According to officials, 13 people were still in the hospital as of Sunday.
All 14 victims have been recognized by the New Orleans coroner’s office; the youngest is 18 and the oldest is 63. The victims were mostly in their twenties.According to the London Metropolitan Police, one of them was Edward Pettifer, a 31-year-old resident of west London.
In what appeared to be an attempt to inflict more destruction, authorities also discovered homemade bombs in the French Quarter. At the location, two homemade explosive devices that had been stored in coolers a few blocks apart were made safe. It was found that other gadgets were not working.
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According to Joshua Jackson, the special agent in charge of New Orleans, Jabbar bought a semiautomatic weapon on Nov. 19 from a private seller in Arlington, Texas.
On the morning of New Year’s Day, Zion Parsons was on Bourbon Street when he lost one of his closest friends, Nikyra Dedeaux, who was eighteen at the time of the terrorist assault in New Orleans. Dedeaux, who recently graduated from Harrison Central High School, was celebrating the start of a new year with friends in New Orleans. Parsons told Josh Breslow of FOX’s LiveNOW about the horror of that early morning.
Investigators said Jabbar bought gun oil from a store in Sulphur, Louisiana, and a cooler in Vidor, Texas, just hours before the incident.
Hours before he struck, Jabbar declared his support for the Islamic State militant group in internet videos. It was the most deadly IS-inspired attack on American territory in a long time.
On Monday, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were scheduled to visit New Orleans in order to “grieve with the families and community members impacted by the tragic attack.”
Heightened security ahead of Carnival season, Super Bowl
Security preparations for what is expected to be a busy month of activities in the nation’s capital, which will culminate with President-elect Trump’s inauguration, have come under renewed scrutiny following the incident in New Orleans that left at least 14 people dead. Three high-profile events will take place in Washington in the upcoming weeks: the certification of election results on January 6, the state funeral for former President Carter on January 9, and the inauguration and related festivities, including a Trump rally, on January 20. The CEO of the Black Rhino Group, Frank Roberson, spoke on LiveNOW from FOX.
In preparation for the Super Bowl on February 9 and the Carnival season, which begins Monday, New Orleans is strengthening security in the French Quarter.
Since the attack, police have blocked traffic at Bourbon and Canal streets with a number of cars and barriers. Additional protection was provided by city officers with assistance from other law enforcement organizations.
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The city previously erected bollards, or steel columns, to limit automobile access to Bourbon Street in an attempt to safeguard the French Quarter. To make room for deliveries to eateries and bars, the posts were withdrawn. After becoming clogged with alcohol, Mardi Gras beads, and other debris, they ceased to function consistently.
The bollards had vanished by New Year’s Eve. According to officials, they will be replaced before the Super Bowl.
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The Associated Press provided information for this article.
The Associated Press provided information for this article.
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