At least one dead after car rams into New Year’s Eve crowds in New Orleans
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MULTIPLE people are feared dead after a car rammed into crowds in New Orleans, according to reports. Revellers were celebrating New Year at a street party in the city when a driver ploughed their vehicle into them. Emergency crews rushed to the scene at the intersection of Bourbon Steet and Iberville in the city's French Quarter neighbourhood at around 3.15am.
![[Police at the scene in New Orleans]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/earthcam.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Police have so far confirmed one death - but it is feared the toll could be as high as 10. Bourbon Steet - a major nightlife spot - has been shut down while cops investigate. A man who witnessed the horror while on the street with his wife said he saw an SUV "speeding and running people over".
It comes days after five were killed and a further 205 injured after a doctor drove his car into crowds at a German Christmas market. A child of nine was among the dead after Al-Abdulmohsen, 50, ploughed his BMW into revellers at the crowded market in the city of Madgeburg.
It has emerged that Saudi Arabia repeatedly alerted German police about their citizen al-Abdulmohsen, living in Germany since 2006. Four months before the attack, he wrote online in Arabic: “I assure you: if Germany wants war, we will have it. If Germany wants to kill us, we will slaughter them, die.”.
He wrote: “Is there a path to justice without slaughtering German citizens indiscriminately?” It was unclear if police acted upon the warnings. In 2023 al-Abdulmohsen asked 48,000 followers on X: “Would you blame me if I randomly killed 20 Germans because of what Germany is doing against the Saudi opposition?”.
