New Orleans killer had rare explosives NEVER seen in US or Europe…raising fears he’d received high-level terror training
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THE New Orleans terrorist who killed 14 in a senseless attack built homemade bombs using "very rare explosives", the FBI has revealed. Shamsud-Din Jabbar managed to create two terrifying weapons containing a highly destructive compound never before seen in the US or across Europe - as officials fear he may have been trained to kill.
![[New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar built homemade bombs using 'very rare explosives', the FBI has revealed]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/federal-bureau-investigation-released-photo-961144438.jpg?strip=all&w=302)
The 42-year-old was gunned down by cops on New Year's Day after going on a rampage on Bourbon Street. He rammed his pickup truck into revellers before getting out in full combat gear and opening fire on unsuspecting partygoers. Police said the man was "hellbent on creating carnage" during the assault as they later discovered he planned to use bombs as well.
![[The highly volatile explosives were discovered inside coolers near to the crime scene]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/2025-fbi-shared-photos-42-961321218.jpg?strip=all&w=639)
Explosives were found both inside the rented truck as well as around the crime scene. The two specialised bombs were both found sat inside coolers set up before the motoring massacre along Bourbon Street. FBI special agent bomb technicians studied the materials inside the explosives and believe the main compound was r-salt.
![[Jabbar seen loading up the rented truck before he used it in the murder spree]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/NINTCHDBPICT000961284426_aac28e.jpg?strip=all&w=959)
The volatile explosive is not available in the US nor in Europe leaving agents trying to piece together how Jabbar knew about the compound. None of the bombs detonated with cops still unclear on whether it was due to a malfunction or a lack of an activation device.
![[Fourteen people were killed in the senseless attack on New Year's Day]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/multiple-fatalities-car-crashes-crowd-960917354_9b5c5a.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The FBI, who are now leading investigations, released a statement on the failed terror ploy which said: "Jabbar's lack of experience and crude nature of putting the device together is the reason why he used the wrong device to set the explosives off.".
![[A workbench with bomb-making material was uncovered inside Jabbar's home in Houston]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/image_b3b1fd.jpeg?strip=all&w=960)
