The FBI says that Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who plowed a truck into New Orleans revelers on New Year's Eve, probably acted alone.
The FBI no longer believes Shamsud-Din Jabbar was working with others when he drove a truck through New Orleans crowds in a terrorist attack. Just before the attack, Jabbar posted videos to Facebook, in which he said he had joined ISIS and originally planned to harm his family and friends. Investigators have also found no link between the attack and a truck explosion in Las Vegas, but a connection has not been ruled out.
The terrorist who crashed a truck into crowds in New Orleans was probably acting alone, according to the FBI. Authorities had initially feared Shamsud-Din Jabbar was working with others when he drove a truck, adorned with an ISIS flag, into New Year's revellers on Bourbon Street. But on Thursday morning, local time, FBI deputy assistant director for counterterrorism Christopher Raia said: 'We do not assess at this point that anyone else is involved in this attack.' Mr Raia said Jabbar had said, in a pre-recorded video, that he had originally planned to harm his family and friends. But he changed his mind because he was worried it would generate the wrong kind of news headlines.Authorities have also revised the death toll to 14, after earlier saying 15 people were killed. At least 30 others were injured. Jabbar was shot dead by police during a shootout at the scene. The FBI believes Jabbar rented the truck on December 30 in his home city of Houston, Texas, Mr Raia said.Just before the attack, he posted five videos to Facebook. 'In the first video, Jabbar explains he originally planned to harm his family and friends, but was concerned the news headlines would not focus on the, quote, 'War between the believers and the disbelievers,'' Mr Raia said.Jabbar was a US citizen and spent years in the army, including on deployment in Afghanistan in 2009.Mr Raia said investigators had found no links between the attack and a truck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas later on New Year's Da
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