'This wasn't the man I knew', half-brother of New Orleans attack suspect says
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The half-brother of the New Orleans attack suspect has said his actions were not "the man I knew". "This wasn't the man I knew, this wasn't the father, the son that I knew," said Abdur-Rahim Jabbar whose half-brother Shamsud-Din Jabbar is suspected of committing the terrorist attack on the Bourbon Street area.
A pick-up truck struck people celebrating the New Year and Shamsud-Din was killed in a shootout with police. At least 14 people were killed and more than two dozen were injured. The suspect's younger half-brother Abdur-Rahim told a Texas-based TV station, owned by Sky News's partner network NBC News: "It is a tragedy.".
"We're all grieving about this," he said. Abdur-Rahim said he was thinking about those impacted by the attack. "Our hearts and prayers and thoughts go out to those families, the victims of those families and those who were there to witness it," he said.
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The suspect was a Muslim, but his half-brother said: "This isn't any representation of Islam or Muslims or the Muslim community.". The FBI said Shamsud-Din was a 42-year-old US citizen and army veteran from Texas. Talking about himself in a work video in 2020, Shamsud-Din said he was born and raised in the state.
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