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Truck driver who drove into crowd in New Orleans named in US
[Regnum] The suspect in the New Orleans truck attack on a crowd of people is a man named Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, The New York Times reported on Wednesday, January 1, citing an informed source.
Earlier it was reported that 10 people were killed and 30 were injured as a result of the emergency.
"The deceased suspect in the New Orleans attack has been identified as Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar," the statement said.
The investigation into the case, initiated under the article on the terrorist act, is being conducted by investigators from the FBI and the US Attorney's Office.
As reported by the Regnum news agency , American media outlets reported earlier that on the night of January 1, a truck drove into a crowd in New Orleans. The incident occurred at about 3:20 local time on Bourbon Street. The victims were taken to five local hospitals. According to preliminary data, there are no Russian citizens among the victims, said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
CBS News reported that after the car plowed into the crowd, the driver got out of the truck and started shooting, after which police returned fire. Local police chief Ann Kirkpatrick said two police officers were shot during the shootout. The attacker was killed, the FBI said.
US President-elect Donald Trump has linked a truck driving into a crowd in New Orleans to illegal immigration. Fox News reported that the truck entered the US from Mexico.
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… FBI Houston says they are clearing all people in the area. Sources on the ground tell me they are moving “slow and methodically.” I spoke to the owner of the Ford pickup truck over the phone. He confirmed he used the Turo app to rent his truck, an app that does not require meeting face to face.
… This evidence, combined with the ISIS flag found on the truck used in the attack, strengthens links to extremist ideology.
Source: CNN
🚨🇺🇸NEW ORLEANS ATTACKER’S ERRATIC BEHAVIOR AFTER CONVERTING TO ISLAM LEFT FAMILY REELING
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, honorably discharged from the Army, began acting erratically after converting to Islam, according to Dwayne Marsh, husband of Jabbar’s ex-wife.
Jabbar and Nakedra Charrlle share 2 daughters, aged 15 and 20, who are “a mess” following the attack, Marsh said.
Marsh described Jabbar’s recent behavior as “being all crazy, cutting his hair,” leading the family to limit his contact with his daughters.
Source: NYT
At least three improvised pipe bombs were found nearby in the city’s famed French Quarter, including one in Jabbar’s truck. Two were homemade with nails hidden in blue coolers, sources told The Post.
BROTHER OF NEW ORLEANS TERRORIST SHAMSUD-DIN JABBAR BLAMES 'RADICALIZATION, NOT RELIGION' FOR ATTACK THAT LEFT 15 DEAD
The brother of the terrorist who launched the deadly car attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans says that "radicalization" is to blame for his kin's rampage.
Abdur Jabbar, 24, of Beaumont, Texas, told The New York Times that his brother Shasmud-Din Jabbar -- who killed at least 15 people in the New Year's Day attack -- converted to Islam at an early age.
The younger Jabbar told the newspaper that what his brother "did does not represent Islam. This is more some type of radicalization, not religion."
Abdur described his brother, who was killed by police after mowing down innocent revelers, "a sweetheart really, a nice guy, a friend, really smart, caring," according to the Times.
In videos posted to his Facebook page prior to the attack, Shasmud-Din Jabbar "pledged allegiance to ISIS," the outlet reported, citing law enforcement officials.
The deceased suspect was driving while recording those videos, according to those sources.
BOMB MATERIALS DISCOVERED IN NEW ORLEANS AIRBNB LINKED TO BOURBON STREET ATTACK: REPORT
Law enforcement officials recovered bomb materials at a New Orleans Airbnb believed to be connected to the terrorist who carried out the New Year's Day attack in the city that killed 15 and injured 30.
A small fire had broken out at the property in question around 5:30 a.m. on Mandeville Street in the Marigny neighborhood just a little over a mile away from Bourbon Street.
Sources told WVUE that they found bomb-making materials at the residence after extinguishing the blaze and deploying bomb-sniffing dogs.
Sources previously told The Post that earlier Wednesday bomb squads had been dispatched to an Airbnb that terror suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar is thought to have stayed at following a fire at the rental.
SHIRTLESS MAN SURRENDERS OUTSIDE HOUSTON HOME OF TERRORIST WHO MOWED DOWN REVELERS IN NEW ORLEANS: REPORT
A shirtless man was seen surrendering to authorities outside the Houston home of the terrorist who mowed down 15 New Year's Eve revelers and injured dozens more in New Orleans Wednesday. The man had his arms raised above his head in photos obtained by KPRC 2 Houston Wednesday afternoon. The images also showed military officials in an armored vehicle pointing guns at him as he was taken into custody.
It is unclear if the man was connected to the deadly New Orleans attack.
FEDS PROBING 'POSSIBLE CONNECTION' BETWEEN TESLA CYBERTRUCK BLAST AND BOURBON STREET ATTACK, BIDEN SAYS
President Biden confirmed that law enforcement is looking into any potential ties between the Cybertruck detonation at Trump Las Vegas hotel earlier in the day Wednesday that injured at least seven and the Bourbon Street truck ramming attack that killed at least 15.
"We're tracking the explosion of the cyber truck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. Law enforcement and intelligence community are investigating this as well, including whether there's any possible connection to the attack in New Orleans," Biden said from Camp David.
Thus far the only known nexus between the two incidents is the fact that both cars had been rented via Turo, law enforcement sources previously told The Post.
ABOUT THE MISCREANT AND HIS VIDEOS
New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar made a series of videos as before his deadly truck ramming onslaught in which he confessed to planning to murder his family and claimed he joined ISIS, CNN reported.
The videos, which have been obtained by law enforcement, are believed to have been filmed as Jabbar drove from Texas to Louisiana before his deadly car ramming attack Wednesday -- though their exact time of filming isn't clear.
Jabbar allegedly discussed his divorce in the videos and said he had plotted to invite his entire family to a "celebration" as a pretext to killing them all. Jabbar has two daughters aged 15 and 20 with an ex-wife, Nakedra Charrlle, the New York Times reported.
Jabbar, 42, had been divorced twice, which had put him in financial trouble. During his second divorce, the Army veteran said he racked up more than $16,000 in credit card debt on lawyers' fees after his real estate business suffered a $28,000 loss the previous year.
The videos also reportedly show Jabbar stating he joined ISIS and discussing various dreams about how he should join the terrorist group.
FBI RULES OUT 3 MEN, WOMAN SEEN ON VIDEO STASHED EXPLOSIVES AROUND FRENCH QUARTER
The FBI has ruled out three men and a woman who authorities initially thought were planting multiple explosive devices in New Orleans as a terrorist mowed down revelers celebrating the New Year.
JABBAR SERVED IN THE ARMY, DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN BEFORE ISIS-INSPIRED ATTACK
New Orleans terror perpetrator Shamsud-Din Jabbar served in the Army for more than a decade before he carried out his apparently ISIS-inspired attack on Wednesday, according to his service record.
Working as an IT specialist, he deployed to Afghanistan from February 2009 until January 2010, the service branch said in a summary of military experience.
Jabbar served on active duty from March 2007 until January 2015 and was a reservist from January 2015 until July 2020.
He left the service at the rank of staff sergeant, according to the Army.
DEATH TOLL RISES TO 15, MAKING TERROR ATTACK ONE OF THE DEADLIEST SINCE 9/11
The terror attack in New Orleans is now one of the deadliest on US soil since 9/11 after the fatalities rose to 15 on Wednesday afternoon, according to multiple reports.
Five additional victims have died since the FBI confirmed 10 people were killed when Shamsud Din Jabbar floored a rented F150 truck that was flying an ISIS flag through crowds on Bourbon Street.
EXCLUSIVE: INSIDE SHAMSUD DIN JABBAR’S SQUALID HOME WHERE SHEEP AND GOATS ROAM HIS YARD — AFTER HIS FINANCIAL RUIN
HOUSTON — The terrorist who killed at least 10 people when plowed his truck down crowded Bourbon Street in New Orleans was an American-born military veteran who was living in a run-down trailer park where he kept sheep and goats in the yard — just blocks away from the local mosque.
From NOLA.com: Who is Shamsud-Din Jabbar?
Jabbar was an Army veteran who enlisted in 2006 and spent nine years on active duty as an administrative clerk, with a deployment to Afghanistan in 2009. He was discharged honorably in 2020, an Army spokesperson said.
Court and property records show Jabbar lived in Fresno, Texas — about 20 miles south of Houston — with his wife until he lost his house in their divorce in August 2022.
He held a real estate license from 2019 to 2023 and worked for Deloitte, one of the nation’s largest financial services companies, records show. But he also racked up tens of thousands of dollars in credit card and other debts, according to court filings.
Jabbar lived for about two years in a mobile home in north Houston before telling his landlord he was relocating to New Orleans as a renter about a month ago, the landlord said in an interview Wednesday.
’I was shocked. I was really shocked. I really cried,” said Asia Maryam, the landlord. “He was supposed to pass the key to the other tenant. I asked them if he passed the key. They said no, he’s going to New Orleans and he’s coming back to drop off his stuff.”
Maryam said he never gave her or the neighbors any problems and paid his rent in cash on time every month. She said she recently received a call about his rental history from a prospective landlord in New Orleans.
Maryam said Jabbar worked from home, though she doesn’t know what he did for a living. Jabbar told her he was keeping his same job but would work with different clients when he moved to New Orleans.
If he had begun to associate with extremist ideologies during a period of isolation, he didn’t appear to make it known publicly. He left little of an online footprint, other than his dormant company’s website and a YouTube video he posted four years ago, promoting his real estate business.
Abdur Jabbar, 24, told The New York Times that he was a brother of the suspect, and that his brother was smart, caring and converted to Islam at a young age.
“But what he did does not represent Islam,” said the younger Jabbar. “This is more some type of radicalization, not religion.”
The current spouse of Jabbar’s ex-wife also told reporters outside of their home in Houston on Wednesday that Jabbar had been practicing Islam and begun to behave erratically, The New York Times reported.
He said Jabbar had two daughters.
SUSPECT GREW UP IN TEXAS, WORKED IN REAL ESTATE
Jabbar was a quiet kid in school growing up, belonging to a Muslim family that had strict rules about schoolwork, according to Edmond Dean, who said he was a childhood friend of Jabbar’s in Beaumont, where they grew up.
Dean described Jabbar as “really smart” with high scores on standardized tests. Jabbar’s parents divorced when they were still in school and Jabbar joined a local Christian church, Dean said.
Jabbar went to the University of Houston briefly after high school on an academic scholarship but dropped out after posting bad grades, Dean said. Representatives for the university did not respond to messages Wednesday.
Jabbar went on to become a real estate agent, and posted a YouTube video in 2021 promoting his business. He promised customers service at his real estate company centered on the values he learned in the Army.
He said he spent 10 years as a human resources and IT specialist in the military.
A man by the same name attended Georgia State University from 2015-2017 and graduated with a degree in computer information systems, a school spokesperson said.
A spokesperson for Deloitte said Jabbar was hired in 2021.
“He was quiet,” Dean said. “He didn’t fight anybody. He was a pretty boy guy … A lot of girls liked him.”
BOURBON STREET ATTACK SUSPECT BRIEFLY ENLISTED IN U.S. NAVY BEFORE BEING DISCHARGED: SPOKESPERSON
A U.S. military spokesperson told Fox News that Shamsud Din Jabbar, the suspect behind the Bourbon Street attack, was briefly enlisted in the U.S. Navy.
Jabbar enlisted in the Navy in August 2004 and was discharged one month later from the delayed entry program, an official said. He was enlisted under a different name at the time. He never made it to recruit training command, meaning he was discharged before he could have served in the Navy.
"Our records show that a Shamsuddin Bahar Jabbar enlisted on Aug. 12, 2004, in Navy Recruiting District Houston and was discharged from the Delayed Entry Program one month later on Sept. 13, 2004," a Navy spokesperson explained. "He did not go to Recruit Training Command."
SUGAR BOWL ANNOUNCES NEW START TIME AFTER POSTPONEMENT AMID NEW ORLEANS ATTACK
The 2025 Sugar Bowl between Notre Dame and Georgia will be played less than 24 hours later than its initial start time after Wednesday's deadly attack in New Orleans prompted the game's postponement.
The Allstate Sugar Bowl officially announced Wednesday afternoon that the game will start at 3 p.m. local time (4 p.m. ET) on Thursday. The game was initially set to kick off on 8:45 p.m. ET on Wednesday night, and earlier reports indicated the game would be postponed 24 hours.
NEW DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT SHAMSUD DIN JABBAR'S SERVICE IN THE U.S. MILITARY
A spokeperson told Fox News that Jabbar served in the U.S. Army from 2007 to 2020.
“Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar was in the regular Army as a Human Resource Specialist (42A) and Information Technology (IT) Specialist (25B) from March 2007 until January 2015 and then in the Army Reserve as an IT Specialist (25B) from January 2015 until July 2020," the spokesperson said. "He deployed to Afghanistan from February 2009 to January 2010. He held the rank of Staff Sergeant at the end of service.”
Jabbar's awards also included the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal and the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal.
The suspect was also given the Army Achievement Medal and a National Defense Service Medal, among other awards.
TEXAS LT. GOV. DAN PATRICK RELEASES NEW DETAILS ABOUT BOURBON STREET ATTACK SUSPECT
"He rented the truck on 12/30, and we have learned he was driving the rented truck in Houston before heading to New Orleans," Patrick said. |
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