Newspaper reports terrorist was ISIS
What should have been a celebration of the new years turned into a night of terror in the French Quarter.
A man drove a Ford Lightning truck at a reported high rate of speed on Bourbon Street while shooting at pedestrians and the police. He killed ten people and wounded at least twenty-nine others. New Orleans City Councilwoman Helena Morena said the count is expected to rise. Police shot and killed the man. The truck had a Texas license plate.
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The police have not released any information about the killer. CBS News reports the police recovered a "long gun" from the scene. Social media posts from witnesses say the rifle was an AK-style weapon but that has not been confirmed.
The truck contained several IED's. WWL reported the police were engaged in four controlled explosions.
The bollards normally in place were removed for upgrades before the Super Bowl. The police said the driver drove around the barricades. A crane blocked the truck's progress or else the carnage would have been worse.
The FBI is investigating the massacre as an act of terrorism.
If keeping up with the story, the BBC probably has the best coverage right now.
Doxxing myself but whatever. Just got home from the club*. I saw awful things tonight. Multiple bodies on the street. Broken bodies, bent at weird angles. Blocks and blocks of bourbon are shut down. Cops wouldn’t let us leave when it happened and then came in and shouted at everyone to leave all at once around 4am. Said it was a crime scene. Came up to the locker room too despite women still getting dressed. One cop said there was a bomb threat also. Idk if he was telling the truth or just trying to freak us out to change faster. By the time I left it looked like they covered the bodies but there were still a lot. All blocks around the club shut down until Royal St. I’ve never seen so many cops. Just got home safe. They’re calling it a terrorist attack bc the guy was in full body armor and the cops had to shoot him in the face to kill him since he was shooting at them with an AK. I was a block down and watched from our balcony. So many cops doing cpr and so many people on the balconies not even noticing what happened. I was at Ricks Cabaret and they locked us in. I saw 2 people shot on Bourbon. I saw the video replay* on our club cameras. The truck was going very fucking fast. Just got hold of my cousin after being separated. Luckily we are okay and will be heading back to Elizabeth in a couple of hours. I feel like vomiting but I can’t. Body shakes and adrenaline. At one point it was hard to type and text trying to contact people who wouldn’t answer phones. Only here for updates since I can’t seem to get any straight answers elsewhere. My wife worked the 911 calls. It’s a nightmare yall.
Dozens of people were evacuated from the St. Roch area Wednesday morning after a fire broke out an Airbnb that investigators believe is connected to a deadly New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street. Law enforcement officials and bomb squad detectives were called to 1329 Mandeville Street after firefighters doused flames that broke out at the rental, according to sources close to the investigation. Investigators believe the Airbnb was rented by the suspect in the Bourbon Street attack, sources said.
Update: This is supposedly a picture of the dead perp.
The Ford F-150 Lightning truck used in the attack was apparently rented through the Turo app -- a car sharing company, according to Rodrigo Diaz, the owner of the truck. Diaz told ABC News he rented the truck to an individual through the app and is currently talking to the FBI. He declined further comment. Diaz wife, Dora Diaz, told ABC News that she and her husband are devastated by the incident. "My husband rents cars through the Turo app. I can’t tell you anything else. I’m here with my kids, and this is devastating," Dora Diaz said.
Update: The Times-Picayune reported:
The suspect accused of plowing a truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street is named Shamsud Din Jabbar, according to a law enforcement source. He's 42 years old. Police shot and killed him after the attack. The source said he was carrying an ISIS flag in the truck.
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No words! I have no words for this! Prayers for everyone!
No bollards up is ridiculous. They could have blocked the streets with dump trucks, trash trucks etc. It would not have prevented the incident but would have mitigated some of the carnage.
ISIS Terror Attack! Carrying an ISIS flag in truck & dressed in military gear. Name: Shamsud Din Jabbar.
Absolutely ridiculous! Also, with the bollards not in place, they could have blocked the roads with large garbage trucks, etc. I have seen that done many times in NOLA when not nearly as busy a weekend. What idiot planned having the bollards unuseable during New Years and the Sugar Bowl?
I bet he was surprised to find out there were not 72 virgins waiting on him.
There werer 72 virgins, but all old and ugly nuns.
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