The FBI is trying into previous visits to Egypt and Canada by the suspect within the New Yr’s Day assault in New Orleans that killed 14 individuals after a truck was rammed right into a crowd of revelers, an FBI official instructed reporters on Sunday.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a US Military veteran aged 42 who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State extremist group, was the suspect within the assault and the FBI says he acted alone. He was killed in a shootout with police after the rampage, which additionally injured dozens of individuals and has been labeled by the FBI as an act of terrorism.
“We’ve got additionally tracked that Jabbar traveled to Cairo, Egypt, from June 22 till July 3 of 2023. Just a few days later he flew to Ontario, Canada, on July 10 and returned to the US on July 13 of 2023,” Lyonel Myrthil, FBI particular agent answerable for the New Orleans area workplace, stated at a press briefing.
“Our brokers are getting solutions as to the place he went, who he met with and the way these journeys could or could not tie into his actions in our metropolis in New Orleans,” he added.
The FBI additionally stated Jabbar made at the least two journeys to New Orleans within the months previous to the assault, one in October and the opposite in November.
The suspect stayed in a rental residence in New Orleans throughout that point, the FBI stated, including he recorded movies with Meta glasses touring by means of the French Quarter, the neighborhood in New Orleans the place the assault occurred on Bourbon Avenue.
The New Orleans coroner’s workplace has recognized all 14 deceased victims, amongst whom the youngest was aged 18 and the oldest was 63. Most have been of their 20s.
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