New Year’s celebrations in New Orleans turned tragic early Wednesday after a terrorist mowed down revelers on the city’s iconic Bourbon Street, killing at least 10 and injuring dozens of others, officials said. After ramming into the crowd, driver Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, was shot dead during a gunfight with cops that left two officers injured. Jabbar grew up in Texas and is believed to have served in the military for 10 years, sources told The Post.
He drove an EV pickup truck — which displayed a black ISIS flag on the back — through the barricades on the corner of Bourbon and Canal streets. The FBI has yet to confirm his possible connections or affiliations with ISIS.
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.
The FBI does not think the terrorist “was solely responsible,” the agency said Wednesday afternoon, and a Louisiana State Police intelligence bulletin obtained by The Associated Press revealed that three men and a woman were seen stashing the devices across the historic district.
“This is not just an act of terrorism – this is evil,” New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said during a news conference Wednesday.
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