7 hours agoIt was a terrorist act”, FBI: New Orleans attack author acted alone
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)The suspect in the deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early Thursday is likely to be a lone wolf without any prominent collaborators, announced. FBI at a press conference. “We don't appreciate at this point that someone else is involved in this attack, except for Shamsud-Din Jabbar, [...]
“We don't appreciate at this point that someone else is involved in this attack, except for Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the subject you've already been informed about”, said Christopher Raia, from the FBI Counterterrorism Division.
The FBI's announcement is a change from a statement less than 24 hours ago, in which assistant responsible agent Alethea Duncan said: “we don't believe Jabbar was the only one responsible. ”
Investigators had demanded whether others were responsible for placing improvised explosive devices separately from the truck they said Shamsud-Din Jabbar used to crush the crowd on New Year's Day.
Deputy Director at the FBI Antiterrorism Division Christopher Raia said the attack on New Orleans “was an act of terrorism”.
My goal is to be as close to you as we've discovered so far. First of all, let me be very clear about this point, this was an act of terrorism”, he said. “was thought of and a bad act”, Raja added.
The FBI confirmed Thursday that 14 people were killed in the terrorist attack in New Orleans. /euronews
