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New Orleans attack' Suspect Shamsud- Din Jabbar was waving the Isis flag, and he might have received assistance; What we know so far

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A US Army stager driving a volley truck displaying the flag of the Islamic State militant organization led to a fatal event during New Orleans’ New Year’s fests. He drove around a police hedge and into a crowd, killing 15 people before being shot by police.

Biden calls act' despicable'

US President Joe Biden referred to the act as “despicable” and conveyed sympathy for the victims and their families. Addressing the nation from Camp David, he stated, "I want you to understand I share in your suffering. Our country mourns with you as you grieve and as you recover. " Biden verified that the motorist had posted vids on social media expressing alleviation from the Islamic State group.

"The FBI has also informed me that just hours prior to the attack, he shared videos on social media suggesting that" he was inspired by ISIS, especially a desire to kill," Biden said, adding," The Isis flag was set up in his vehicle, which he rented to conduct this attack."

The motorist used a rented Ford volley truck and had fresh IEDs. His Airbnb, located about 1.5 long hauls from the attack point, burned down before the same day. The FBI continues to probe.

Joe Biden also stated that officials were investigating "any potential link" between a fatal truck-ramming

attack in New Orleans and the explosion of a Cybertruck outside a Trump hostel in Las Vegas.

Law enforcement is investigating the explosion of the Tesla vehicle, including if there is any potentialconnection with the attack in New Orleans," Biden told journalists, adding" therefore far, there is nothing to report on that score."

Trump blames illegal immigration

Before authorities verified the motorist’s identity as an American citizen and Army stager, original reports suspected that the vehicle might have crossed the border from Mexico. US President- elect Donald Trump reflected on social media, suggesting that his excoriations of emigrants in the country without legal authorization had been validated.

" When I said that the culprits coming in are far worse than the culprits we've in our country, that statement was constantly refuted by Egalitarians and the Fake News Media, but it turned out to be true," Trump said on his website, Truth Social.

How attack unfolded?

The attack began around 315 am( original time) on Wednesday when the suspect drove a truck around a police auto blocking Bourbon Street and struck multiple people along the road before crashing. He also opened fire, according to officers, and was killed in a shootout with police. Two law enforcement officers were included among those hurt in the attack.

" This man was trying to run over as numerous people as he conceivably could," New Orleans Police supervisor Anne Kirkpatrick said during a news conference." He was hell- bent on creating the holocaust and the damage that he did."

What have authorities set up in their disquisition?

ordnance and pipe losers were set up in the suspect's vehicle, according to the State Police bulletin. The bias were hidden inside coolers and connected for distant activation with a remote control that was also arranged in the vehicle, the bulletin said.

What was the motive?

The FBI is probing the incdient as a terrorist attack and believes the motorist did n't act alone. ordnance, an extemporized explosive device( IED), and other suspicious bias were set up in the vehicle and away in the French Quarter.

Who was the suspect?

The suspect has been linked as 42- time-old Shamsud- Din Jabbar, a US Army stager who was honourably discharged.

Biden verified that the motorist, linked as Jabbar from Houston, was a former US Army member who also served in the Army Reserves. He said that the disquisition is ongoing and advised against making hypotheticals." The law enforcement and intelligence community continue to look for any connections, associations, or coconspirators. We've nothing in addition to report at this time," Biden said.

According to the Pentagon, Jabbar served over 10 times in the service as a mortal coffers specialist and IT specialist and was stationed to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010. Jabbar held a degree in calculating from Georgia State University and lived in Houston, Texas, where he had worked as a real estate agent.

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The FBI said that it believes Jabbar may have had cohorts but has handed limited fresh details at this stage of the disquisition.

“ We do n't believe that Jabbar was solely responsible. We're aggressively running down every lead, including those of his given associates, ” FBI assistant special agent in charge Alethea Duncan told journalists, adding that investigators were looking into a" range of suspects."

Place of attack

The attack passed in the French Quarter, a major quarter in New Orleans known for its lively escapism, including multitudinous bars, caffs , and jazz venues.

The French Quarter is notorious for hosting Mardi Gras, apre-Lenten road festivity. At the time of the attack, the megacity was also hosting knockouts of thousands of callers for the Sugar Bowl, a major council football game, which has now been laid over by 24 hours.