How the New Orleans suspect Shamsud-din Jabbar planned the truck attack
CNNCNN — Nearly a week after Shamsud-din Jabbar rammed a pickup truck into a busy crowd celebrating New Year’s in New Orleans, killing 14, details of how he planned the attack are becoming clearer. FBI/Reuters Jabbar wore the glasses to record video while bicycling through the French Quarter, Myrthil said, adding he wore them again during the New Year’s attack but didn’t activate them. Jabbar also visited New Orleans on November 10, Myrthil said, “but we are still piecing together the details of that trip.” He rented an Airbnb, and set fire to it Jabbar rented an Airbnb in New Orleans’ St. Roch neighborhood about 1.5 miles away from the scene of the Bourbon Street attack, officials have said. Officials were able to pinpoint the moment Jabbar set the house fire by using the home’s thermostat, said Joshua Jackson, the special agent in charge of the New Orleans field division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.