The alleged perpetrator of the vehicle-ramming attack that left at least ten dead Wednesday in New Orleans had an Islamic State flag in his pickup, the FBI announced.
“An ISIS flag was found in the vehicle, and the FBI is working to determine the individual’s potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations,” the FBI wrote in its statement. The suspect has been identified: he is an American citizen by the name of Shamsud-Din Jabbar.
“Carnage”
Around 3:15 a.m. local time, the driver of a pickup truck drove into a crowd strolling through the “Vieux Carré,” the French Quarter of this Louisiana city, trying to “run over as many people as he could.” could,” local police chief Anne Kirkpatrick told the press, speaking of a man “determined” to cause “carnage” for New Year’s Eve in New Orleans.
The alleged perpetrator, who fled after exchanges of fire in which two police officers were injured, died, said the FBI, the federal police.
For his part, current President Joe Biden seemed to confirm that it was a terrorist act and declared: “Nothing justifies violence of any kind, and we will not tolerate any attack against the people of our country. »
Source: www.20minutes.fr
