The authorities have identified the person responsible for the massive car accident in the heart of New Orleans during the early hours of this Wednesday, which left at least 10 dead and 30 injured, as reported this Wednesday by the media. Times Picayune.
The media, which had access to police sources, indicates that the suspect was called Shamsud Din Jabbar and was 42 years old.
The driver of the truck died after a shootout with the police, according to local media. Information that is expected to be confirmed in a press conference at 1:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. in Spain). Police sources assure in the American newspaper Nolathat the perpetrator was carrying an Isis flag inside the vehicle. This information, which has also been spread on social networks, but has not been confirmed by either the FBI or the local police, who are in charge of the investigation.
Although the local newspaper has not given any additional information, there is a profile on the internet that matches the suspect’s information and that he is a man originally from Texas who served in the United States Army.
According to Fox Newsthe vehicle that was used to run over the crowd celebrating the beginning of the year would have crossed the border from Mexico to the United States two days ago, but it is not known if Din Jabbar was the driver of that journey.
At least 10 people have died after a vehicle ran over a crowd in New Orleans, on Bourbon Street, in the so-called French Quarter, early this Wednesday, and at least another 35 people were injured, local authorities reported.
A van plowed into the crowd gathered on Bourbon Street to celebrate the new year at high speed, and then the driver got out and began firing a gun, with police returning fire. At least two officers have been injured, but their condition is stable.
The Bourbon Street entrance has security bollards that can be retracted and raised, but, according to local media, at the time of the accident they were supposedly deactivated due to construction in the area.
Local authorities described the attack as “intentional” and a “terrorist attack” in a press conference this morning, and later the FBI said in a statement that the attacker was dead and that the incident is being investigated as a possible “act of terrorism”.
