The alleged perpetrator of the attack with a vehicle in New Orleanswhich left at least 15 dead on Wednesday, apparently acted alone, the agency estimated Thursday. federal police FBI.
“We do not believe at this time that anyone else was involved in this attack other than Shamsud Din Jabbar,” he said. Christopher RaiaFBI official, during a press conference.
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Author of attack in New Orleans would have planted two homemade bombs
The alleged perpetrator of the attack, Shamsud Din Jabbar, had also placed two homemade bombs in the streets of French Quarter, where the attack occurred, the FBI reported this Thursday.
“We obtained images from surveillance cameras in which Jabbar can be seen placing the artifacts in the place where they were found,” on Bourbon Street and another neighboring street, Christopher Raia declared at a press conference.
The attacker would have joined the Islamic State.
The FBI also indicated this Thursday that the alleged perpetrator of the attack proclaimed support for the Islamic State in several videos and also claimed to have joined that jihadist group.
Five videos were posted on the alleged attacker’s Facebook account on the eve of Wednesday’s attack, in which he explained that he had originally planned to attack “his family and friends,” but was concerned that the headlines would not focus on him. “the war between believers and non-believers,” noted Christopher Raia.
(With information from AFP…)