Who was Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the New Orleans truck attack suspect?
Al JazeeraThe suspect in the car-ramming attack in New Orleans has been identified as a US military veteran from Texas. At least 15 people were killed and dozens wounded after a man, identified by the FBI as a United States military veteran, ploughed a pick-up truck into a crowd of New Year’s revellers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, US. The FBI is investigating the incident as an act of “terrorism” and initially said it did not believe the driver had acted alone in the attack on one of the country’s top tourist destinations. New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said the driver swerved around barricades and was driving at “very high speed” and in a “very intentional” manner. “The FBI is working to determine the subject’s potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organisations,” Alethea Duncan, the assistant special agent in charge of the New Orleans FBI, told reporters.