The suspect has been preliminarily identified as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar, according to four senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter.

Summary

Authorities identified Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, as the suspect in the New Orleans truck ramming attack that killed 10 people and injured 35 on New Year’s Day.

Jabbar, who died in a shootout with police, allegedly drove a truck with a black flag possibly linked to ISIS. The FBI is investigating the attack as a potential terrorist act.

Weapons and suspected explosive devices were found in Jabbar’s vehicle and near the scene.

Officials are also investigating reports that Jabbar fired a rifle into the crowd and whether IEDs near the site were operational.

  • nifty
    0•4 days ago

    Reading the news about this suspect, I wonder how much someone like him was coerced or bullied into doing something like this?

    Nazis and white supremacists are intent on creating an ethnostate, and how fucking convenient that this guy and the guy in Germany who did the Christmas market attack just happened to do it just now.

    Muslims in particular need to be aware that they may be targets of asshole covert gangs doing electronic harassment. They are not the government, report your harassment to the FBI if you’re going through anything like that.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_harassment

    Edit to give context, I read some weird stories around the internet, sorry if it comes across as too “out there”. Its likely that such stories are lies or literally schizoposting.