8 hours agoThe inspired attack by the Islamic State in New Orleans restores fears by the terrorist group
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(a year ago)The preliminary records of the investigation by the blood attack of the first day of the new year in New Orleans point to a scenario where order and justice institutions had long feared a plot that was at least inspired by the terrorist group Islamic State. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Wednesday [...]
Federal Bureau of Investigation, The FBI, on Wednesday, confirmed reports that the suspect had posted I flag SIS in the truck he hit the crowd in New Orleans in the early hours of Wednesday before he was killed in a shootout with the police.
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the FBI found that the suspect took further action “a few hours before the” attack to publicly express his loyalty.
Suspected Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old American citizen and former American Army officer, “forwarded videos to social media showing that it was inspired by ISIS”, Biden said.
No matter what mirror comes up at the end of the investigation, the details of the New Orleans attack match the ISIS tactics.
The “what we saw fits the pattern we've long seen from the Islamic State”, says analyst Aaron Zelin from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, with expertise for jihadist movements.
One of the first attacks connected to I The SIS where machine as a weapon was used happened in Nice, France, in 2016. A 31-year-old French citizen of Tunisia, divorced and suffering depression hit the crowd celebrating Bastija Day, leaving 80 people dead.
In November 2017 I The SIS also claimed responsibility for a car attack in New York that caused the deaths of at least eight people.
Even though the terrorist group I The SIS contracted due to the pressure of anti-terrorism measures in countries like Syria and Afghanistan, its leaders never abandoned efforts to inspire other attacks around the world, reports VOA.
