New Orleans attacker looked up how to access balcony on Bourbon Street, FBI says
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The US army veteran who killed 14 people in a terror attack in New Orleans had looked up how to access a balcony on the city's famed Bourbon Street, the FBI said. Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a rented white pick-up truck into a crowd celebrating the new year in the early hours of 1 January before he was killed in a shootout with police at the scene.
The FBI has previously said the 42-year-old, who ploughed into crowds on Bourbon Street in the city's French Quarter, was "100% inspired" by the Islamic State (ISIS) group. Two weeks later the agency is continuing to uncover new information detailing the extensive planning Jabbar carried out before the attack - with the US citizen having scouted out the area multiple times in the months leading up to the attack.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player. The FBI said on Tuesday that Jabbar had searched online for information about an attack at a Christmas market in Germany just hours before he drove into crowds in New Orleans. A vehicle had also been used as a weapon in the attack in Magdeburg which left at least five people dead and more than 200 injured.
Police arrested a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia who has renounced Islam and supports Germany's far-right AfD party. In other online searches, Jabbar had looked up how to access a balcony on Bourbon Street, information about Mardi Gras celebrations, and several recent shootings in the city, the FBI said.
