FBI says New Orleans attacker appeared to act alone

FBI称新奥尔良袭击者似乎是单独行动

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2025-01-03

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The FBI says the man who carried out a deadly attack in New Orleans was acting alone, and he had declared his support for ISIS militants. Also: do you use traditional maps or an app to find your way around a city?
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  • I'm Janat Jalil and in the early hours of Friday 3rd January, these are our main stories.

  • The FBI says it now believes the man who killed 14 people in a car ramming attack in the US city of New Orleans on New Year's day acted alone.

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  • We begin in New Orleans where A Minute's Silence was held at the Superdome Stadium on Thursday before the Sugar bowl football match to remember the 14 people who died after a man drove a truck into a crowd in the city.

  • The FBI has now said it's confident that the suspect, Shamsuddin Jabbar, was acting alone.

  • He died in exchange of gunfire with the police, initially in the hours after the attack on crowds celebrating the New Year.

  • Investigators said they feared he'd had accomplices.

  • The 42 year old from Texas is believed to have converted to Islam.

  • An Islamic State or ISIS flag was found in his vehicle from New Orleans.

  • Tom Bateman sent this report.

  • Footage has emerged from the moment of the attack showing the white Ford pickup truck careering down Bourbon Street.