January 2, 2025

Tragedy Strikes New Orleans: 15 Dead in Brutal Attack

By Newsroom

US authorities say they believe multiple people were involved in an attack in New Orleans that killed 15 and wounded dozens on New Year’s Day.

The driver of a pick-up truck that sped into large crowds in the city’s French Quarter has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a US Army veteran from Texas, who was killed in a shootout with police.

President Joe Biden says the Islamic State group inspired the attacker and the FBI says an IS flag was found in the truck.

The identities of the victims are still being established, but they include a former Princeton University football star and aspiring nurse.

Law enforcement are also looking at whether the attack is linked to the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas hours later – but Biden says no link has been found yet.

(via BBC)

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