NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A driver wrought carnage on New Orleans’ famed French Quarter early on New Year’s Day, killing 10 people as he rammed a pickup truck into a crowd before being shot to death by police, authorities said.
More than 30 people were injured as Wednesday’s attack turned festive Bourbon Street into macabre mayhem. The FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism. Authorities are looking into whether other people may have been involved.
The driver was identified as Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, 42, six law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. The officials were not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.
According to the FBI, an Islamic State group flag was recovered in the vehicle used by the attacker.
The FBI says it is still investigating Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas, to determine “potential associations …
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