Authorities have confirmed finding bomb-making materials at the New Orleans home that US military veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar rented before ramming a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers, according to an FBI statement containing the most complete account yet of the attack.
FBI finds bomb-making material at home of New Orleans attack suspect Investigators recover equipment from Texas home of attacker who killed 14 and injured dozens on New Year’s Day.
It said authorities also found bomb-making materials at the New Orleans home Jabbar rented prior to the attack.
Federal authorities searching Jabbar’s home in Houston found a workbench in the garage and hazardous materials believed to have been used to make explosive devices, according to law enforcement officials familiar with the search.
The FBI investigation also revealed that Jabbar purchased a cooler in Vidor, Texas, hours before the attack and gun oil from a store in Sulphur, Louisiana, the officials said.
