New Orleans attack suspect Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar had ISIS flag inside car that drove into crowd
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The FBI confirmed Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar was the suspect who drove into a group of New Orleans revellers, killing 15 people, in the early hours of New Year's Day. It added he was driving a Ford pick-up truck "which appears to have been rented". "An ISIS flag was located in the vehicle and the FBI is working to determine the subject's potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organisations," the statement read.
It confirmed weapons and a potential IED (improvised explosive device) were also located in the vehicle. "Other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter," it added. "The FBI’s Special Agent Bomb Technicians are working with our law enforcement partners to determine if any of these devices are viable and they will work to render those devices safe.".
For the latest on the incident in New Orleans follow our live blog. Investigators have reviewed video showing three men and a woman placing an improvised explosive device in connection with the car attack that killed at least 15 people in New Orleans’ French Quarter, according to a Louisiana State Police bulletin.
The revelation could help explain why officials at a Wednesday news conference said that they were aggressively hunting for additional suspects and did not believe the driver of the pickup truck, 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, acted alone. American Jabbar, who was from Beaumont, Texas before moving to Houston, said on a YouTube video he travelled with the military for 10 years as a human resources specialist. He listed one job as ‘ technology operations manager’ in the US Army Reserve.
