by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News January 1, 2025
At least 15 people were killed and more than 30 injured as a terrorist rammed a rented pickup truck carrying an Islamic State (ISIS) flag into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans.
The FBI identified the terrorist as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar. Two police officers were injured in a shootout with the suspect, who was killed in the firefight.
Investigators said they found the ISIS flag, weapons, and a potential explosive device inside the rented Ford pickup and were working to learn more about the driver’s potential ties to terrorist organizations. Jabbar was a U.S. citizen from Texas.
The attack took place about 3:15 a.m.
The FBI said other potential IEDs were located in the city’s French Quarter. Authorities originally said 4 to 5 other suspects were potentially involved in the terror attack, but the FBI on Thursday said it believed Jabbar acted alone as he planted the devices and then changed clothes.
President-elect Donald Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social: “The crime rate in our country is at a level that nobody has ever seen before. Our hearts are with all of the innocent victims and their loved ones, including the brave officers of the New Orleans Police Department. The Trump Administration will fully support the City of New Orleans as they investigate and recover from this act of pure evil!”
New Orleans had been preparing for several New Year’s festivities around the French Quarter, including a parade Tuesday afternoon and a countdown to midnight that started at 9 p.m. The Sugar Bowl, a football game between the University of Georgia and University of Notre Dame, was scheduled for Wednesday night at the Superdome, less than a mile from the incident. The game was postponed until Thursday.
The city is hosting a bigger football event next month: the Super Bowl.
A.J. Fiechter, a senior at the University of Georgia who is visiting to attend the Sugar Bowl, said that he didn’t see steel-bollard barricades active when he was walking down Bourbon Street at roughly 2:30 a.m.
“They just had those metal ones that I could pick up with one hand, like a gate,” said Fiechter, 22. “The ones that are bolted to the ground, those are the ones that need to be there.”
The bollards protecting Bourbon Street are in the middle of being replaced, according to the city’s website. Police didn’t respond to a request for comment.
5 total suspected terrorists. One dead, looking for four more.
Hunt them down.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) January 1, 2025
Suspect identified as Shamsud Din Jabbar, sources tell FOX Digital. He was carrying a Glock and a .308 rifle that has been reported stolen in New Jersey. The 308 was equipped with optics and a suppressor.
— Aishah Hasnie (@aishahhasnie) January 1, 2025
“You all got my statement. I’ll have more to say in next hour about what’s going on in New Orleans…I’ve spoken to every member of the agencies, from CIA to national security team to FBI and NSC…anger and frustration”
– Biden reacts 10 killed as driver plows truck into crowd pic.twitter.com/wgaO8zBL3G
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) January 1, 2025
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