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NBC News: New Orleans attacker had a transmitter to set off explosive devices, FBI says
NBC News - New Orleans attacker had a transmitter to set off explosive devices, FBI says
Shamsud-Din Jabbar used a very rare explosive compound in the devices, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News.
Jan. 4, 2025, 5:00 AM EST / Updated Jan. 4, 2025, 9:07 AM EST
By Freddie Clayton
The driver who killed 14 people in an ISIS-inspired attack by plowing into a crowded New Orleans street on New Year’s Day had planned to use a transmitter to detonate two explosive devices he had placed nearby, authorities have said.
The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said in a joint statement Friday that the explosives were placed on Bourbon Street, which Shamsud-Din Jabbar later turned into a scene of devastation.
Neither of the explosive devices was detonated, and it remains unclear whether the failure was due to a malfunction, lack of activation or another issue. The transmitter and two guns were recovered from Jabbar’s truck, the statement said, and are being transported to an FBI laboratory for testing.
Jabbar used a very rare explosive compound in the two devices, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News.
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Those officials say that the explosive has never been used in a U.S. terrorist attack or incident, nor in any European terrorist attack. A key question for investigators is how Jabbar learned about the compound and how he managed to produce it.
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Shamsud-Din Jabbar used a very rare explosive compound in the devices, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News.
Jan. 4, 2025, 5:00 AM EST / Updated Jan. 4, 2025, 9:07 AM EST
By Freddie Clayton
The driver who killed 14 people in an ISIS-inspired attack by plowing into a crowded New Orleans street on New Year’s Day had planned to use a transmitter to detonate two explosive devices he had placed nearby, authorities have said.
The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said in a joint statement Friday that the explosives were placed on Bourbon Street, which Shamsud-Din Jabbar later turned into a scene of devastation.
Neither of the explosive devices was detonated, and it remains unclear whether the failure was due to a malfunction, lack of activation or another issue. The transmitter and two guns were recovered from Jabbar’s truck, the statement said, and are being transported to an FBI laboratory for testing.
Jabbar used a very rare explosive compound in the two devices, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News.
/snip/
Those officials say that the explosive has never been used in a U.S. terrorist attack or incident, nor in any European terrorist attack. A key question for investigators is how Jabbar learned about the compound and how he managed to produce it.
/snip
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