FBI: Osumnjičeni za teroristički napad u New Orleansu djelovao je sam
A state trooper stands by New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon streets, Jan. 2, 2025.
FBI kaže da sada vjeruje da je osumnjičeni za novogodišnji napad kamiona u New Orleansu u kojem je ubijeno 14 ljudi djelovao sam.
Zvaničnici FBI-a izvijestili su novinare u četvrtak o posljednjoj istrazi o "terorističkom činu" u kojem je osumnjičeni, 42-godišnji Shamsud-Din Jabbar, udario kamionet u gomilu i otvorio vatru u popularnoj gradskoj ulici Bourbon.
Ranije su zvaničnici rekli da ne vjeruju da je djelovao sam. Jabbar je ubijen u pucnjavi s policijom
"Ubica je bio američki državljanin rođen u Teksasu", rekao je u srijedu navečer američki predsjednik Joe Biden. "Služio je u vojsci Sjedinjenih Država u aktivnoj službi dugi niz godina. Također je služio u rezervnom sastavu vojske do prije nekoliko godina."
Nekoliko sati ranije, osumnjičeni je u video snimcima objavljenim na društvenim mrežama pokazao da je napad inspirisan terorističkom grupom Islamska država. FBI je saopštio da je zastava Islamske države pronađena u vozilu nakon napada.
Biden je rekao da policija i obavještajna zajednica traže bilo kakve potencijalne "veze, udruženja ili saučesnike".
"Toliko ljudi širom svijeta voli New Orleans zbog njegove historije, njegove kulture i prije svega njegovih ljudi", rekao je Biden. "Dakle, znam, dok je ova osoba izvršila užasan napad na grad, duh našeg New Orleansa nikada, nikada, nikada neće biti poražen. Uvijek će sijati."
In photos: New Orleans' French Quarter attack on New Year's Day
1/13People carry a dead body in a body bag on a stretcher near the site where people were killed by a man driving a truck in an attack during New Year's celebrations, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 2, 2025.
2/13A military serviceman stands near flowers on a fence near the scene where a vehicle drove into a crowd during New Year's celebrations in New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 1, 2025.
3/13Debris is left along Bourbon Street after a pickup truck was driven into a large crowd in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 1, 2025. (Geoff Burke/USA TODAY Network via Reuters)
4/13Matthias Hauswirth of New Orleans prays on the street near the scene where a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon streets, Jan. 1, 2025.
5/13A black flag with white lettering lies on the ground rolled up behind a pickup truck that a man drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing and injuring a number of people, early Wednesday morning, Jan. 1, 2025.
6/13People react at the intersection of Bourbon Street and Canal Street during the investigation after a pickup truck rammed into a crowd of revelers early on New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2025, in New Orleans.
7/13Police investigators surround a white truck that has been crashed into a work lift in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 1, 2025.
8/13A member of the emergency services attends the scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Jan. 1, 2025.
9/13Police cordon off the intersection of Canal Street and Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Jan. 1, 2025.
10/13Emergency services attend the scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Jan. 1, 2025.
11/13Emergency services attend the scene on Bourbon Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Jan. 1, 2025.
12/13Superintendent of Police for the New Orleans Police Department Anne Kirkpatrick makes a statement after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Jan. 1, 2025.
13/13Police cordon off the intersection of Canal Street and Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Jan. 1, 2025.
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