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What we know
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At least 15 people were killed and 30 were injured
in New Orleans when a person intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street during New Year’s celebrations, police said.
- Authorities were looking into a possible connection between the incident in New Orleans and
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The
driver was identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar
, a U.S. citizen born in Texas. He had an ISIS flag on the back of the truck.
- The FBI said it does not believe Jabbar was “solely responsible” for the attack and asked the public for assistance. It said it is investigating Jabbar’s “potential associations and affiliations” with terroristic organizations.
- A potential improvised explosive device was in the truck, and other potential IEDs were discovered in the French Quarter, the FBI said.
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