IED found inside rental property where New Orleans attacker was staying, FBI says
Source: Scripps News
Posted 3:31 PM, Jan 02, 2025
The FBI informed Washington lawmakers Thursday that a pipe bomb was found in a short-term rental where the man who drove into a New Orleans crowd on New Year’s morning had been staying.
A Congressional source familiar with the call between the FBI and the House Committee on Homeland Security told Scripps News that investigators also found improvised explosive devices inside coolers on Bourbon Street. The coolers were reportedly purchased at a Walmart ahead of the attack.
Authorities initially stated that they believed Shamsud-Din Jabbar did not act alone when he crashed into a crowd on New Year's morning, killing 14 people. However, on Thursday, they said new evidence shows that he was the sole perpetrator of the attack. Jabbar was killed in a shootout with police immediately after driving into the crowd.
The FBI stated that the truck used in the attack had an ISIS flag attached. Investigators told lawmakers that while the attacker pledged allegiance to ISIS, there's no evidence he communicated with ISIS operatives.
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