Who was Shamsud Din Jabbar? New Orleans New Year attack suspect named after 10 left dead, dozens injured

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Latest news on January 1, 2025: Police attend the scene where a pickup truck drove into a large crowd on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. January 1, 2025 in this screengrab taken from a video.
Latest news on January 1, 2025: Police attend the scene where a pickup truck drove into a large crowd on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. January 1, 2025 in this screengrab taken from a video.

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The FBI is investigating the incident as an act of “terrorism” and initially said it did not believe the driver had acted alone in the attack on one of the country’s top tourist destinations. However, it later changed this stance, when Christopher Raia, FBI assistant director, said it had ruled out other suspects after reviewing CCTV footage from the city’s French Quarter.

On Thursday, police also said they were investigating a possible link between this incident and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck on Wednesday outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, which killed one person and injured several others.

Here’s what we know about the incident in New Orleans, the suspect, and the latest on the ground.

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