New Orleans suspected terrorist’s brother says ‘radicalization’ prompted assault

The brother of the suspected terrorist accused of ramming a truck by crowded Bourbon Road in New Orleans mentioned his brother’s non secular background in a current interview and stated the assault was an instance of “radicalization.” 

Abdur Jabbar, 24, spoke to The New York Occasions in Beaumont, Texas, the place he and Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, grew up, saying they have been raised Christian, however the now-deceased suspect had transformed to Islam. 

“So far as I do know, he was a Muslim for many of his life,” the brother informed the Occasions.

“What he did doesn’t characterize Islam,” he added. “That is extra some sort of radicalization, not faith.”

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A photograph launched by the FBI of Shamsud-Din Jabbar. (FBI)

The FBI stated Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S. citizen from Texas, drove a rented Ford pick-up truck laden with an ISIS flag, weapons and a possible improvised explosive system (IED) right into a crowd of New 12 months’s revelers at roughly 3:15 a.m. native time Wednesday, killing at the least 15 and injuring greater than 30 others. Authorities stated different potential IEDs have been additionally positioned within the French Quarter. 

Authorities say Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. Military veteran who not too long ago held a six-figure job, opened fireplace on regulation enforcement officers, who returned fireplace, and was declared lifeless on the scene. 

Aerial picture of New Orleans assault suspect’s dwelling in Houston. (KRIV)

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Shamsud-Din Jabbar at one level was stationed in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and deployed as soon as to Afghanistan, the Occasions reported, citing court docket paperwork. 

The U.S. Military stated Shamsud-Din Jabbar labored largely as an data expertise specialist and was discharged from the Military Reserve in 2020 with the rank of employees sergeant. 

Legislation enforcement officers execute a search warrant on the New Orleans assault suspect’s dwelling in Houston. (KRIV)

Shamsud-Din Jabbar had been married and divorced twice. He shared two daughters, ages 15 and 20, together with his first spouse, Nakedra Charrlle Marsh, the Occasions reported. 

Her new husband, Dwayne Marsh, stated Shamsud-Din Jabbar had been appearing erratically in current months, “being all loopy, slicing his hair” after changing to Islam, and that they stopped letting him across the daughters. 

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Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s brother stated the suspect was additionally the daddy to a 6-year-old son.