New Orleans truck attack suspect did not act alone, FBI believes
FBI officials are seeking a motive behind the New Year's Day vehicle-ramming attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that killed 15 people. The FBI has identified the suspect as a 42-year-old former US soldier from Texas, adding that they believe he did not act alone.
A driver wrought carnage on New Orleans' famed French Quarter early on New Year's Day, killing 15 people as he rammed a pickup truck into a crowd before being shot dead by police, authorities said. At least 35 people were also wounded as Wednesday's attack turned normally festive Bourbon Street into mayhem.
The FBI is investigating the incident as a possible act of terrorism and said it does not believe the driver acted alone. An Islamic State (IS) group flag was found on the vehicle's trailer hitch, officers said, adding that they are working to determine whether the suspect had any links to terrorist groups.
The FBI identified the driver as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a former army veteran and US citizen from Texas.
"What I can tell you is that the person was an army veteran, we believe he was honorably discharged but we are working through this process to figure out all this information," Alethea Duncan, an assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s New Orleans field office, told a news conference.
Those casualties were in addition to 33 people injured in the initial vehicle attack.
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