New Orleans truck attacker acted alone but was 'inspired by' Islamic State group, FBI says
The driver behind a deadly truck attack in New Orleans on New Year's Eve, US army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar, likely acted alone after being inspired by the Islamic State group, the FBI said Thursday, adding that so far there was no "definitive link" with a cyber truck explosion in Las Vegas the same day.
A US army veteran motivated by loyalty to the jihadist Islamic State group likely acted alone when he killed and injured dozens in a truck attack against a New Orleans crowd of New Year revelers, the FBI said Thursday.
Despite initial concerns that Shamsud-Din Jabbar had accomplices still on the run, preliminary investigations show he likely was alone, FBI deputy assistant director Christopher Raia said.
"We do not assess at this point that anyone else was involved," Raia said.
However, new evidence emerged detailing the extent of the US citizen's loyalty to the Islamic State group and his plans to cause mayhem in the attack, which killed 14 and injured more than 30 in the French Quarter district, ending only after he was shot by police.
"He was 100 percent inspired by ISIS," Raia said, using an alternative name for the international jihadist group.
He also carried a black ISIS flag on the back of the vehicle.
The terrifying incident came three weeks before Trump takes over as president.
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