Jabbar also searched for past shootings in New Orleans, the city’s famous Mardi Gras celebration and even how to access a balcony on the famed Bourbon Street.
The man who is suspected of committing the New Years Day vehicle-ramming attack in New Orleans searched online for information about the Christmas market car-ramming attack in Germany, just hours before carrying out his own attack on Bourbon Street, according to the FBI.
The FBI said an initial review of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, showed that the man conducted extensive online research into New Orleans before the rampage.
Shamsud Din-Jabbar drove his truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street early on New Year’s Day. He was killed in a shootout with police. The FBI described it as a terrorist attack.
The FBI investigated personal devices belonging to the suspect of the Bourbon Street attack, and found eerie evidence within suspect's search history.
The FBI has released a new photo of New Orleans terrorist attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar as they continue to investigate what motivated his New Year's attack on Bourbon Street.
Recent vehicle ramming attacks in New Orleans and Germany have reignited discussions on pedestrian safety and hostile vehicle mitigation in urban environments. These tragic events underscore the importance of proactive measures to protect public spaces.
Shamsud-Din Jabbaar came to New Orleans on November 10 by train to look at an apartment for rent on Orleans street in the French Quarter but told the landlord that he changed his mind after applying to rent it.
The FBI said the man behind the New Year's Day pickup truck attack in New Orleans researched how to ... a similar incident at a Christmas market in Germany. In a statement released Tuesday ...
The man who drove a rented pickup truck into a Bourbon Street crowd in the early hours of New Year’s Day looked into how to access balconies
Nazi German forces murdered some 1.1 million people at the site in southern Poland, which was under German occupation during World War II.
Elderly camp survivors, some wearing striped scarves that recall their prison uniforms, walked to the the Death Wall, where prisoners were executed. Across Europe, officials were pausing to remember.