Twice-married US army veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan - what we know about suspect
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The suspect in the New Orleans truck attack has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar. The FBI said he was a 42-year-old US citizen from Texas. Talking about himself in a promotional video, Jabbar said he was born and raised in the state. At least 15 people were killed in the suspected terror attack which also injured dozens of others.
Latest updates on New Orleans attack. The attack. US army veteran Jabbar is believed to have driven a Ford pick-up truck into a crowd of revellers celebrating the New Year on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of the southern US city. Police said he was "hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did".
New Orleans eyewitnesses describe carnage of attack. New Orleans attack: What we know so far after vehicle ploughed into crowd killing 15. New Orleans 'terror attacker' Shamsud-Din Jabbar had ISIS flag on truck - as first victims named. "It was very intentional behaviour. This man was trying to run over as many people as he could," said police chief Anne Kirkpatrick.
Superintendent Kirkpatrick said the driver, who swerved around barricades, shot and wounded two police officers from the vehicle after it crashed. The officers were in stable condition, she added. Jabbar died in firefight. Jabbar was killed in a firefight with police following the attack around 3.15am local time (9.15am UK time) on Wednesday.
