New Orleans attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar recorded a video of the town’s French Quarter utilizing Meta glasses he wore whereas biking within the weeks earlier than his lethal atrocity, the FBI has stated.
The bureau stated he had made two journeys to the southern US metropolis in October and November this 12 months.
The US citizen, from Houston, Texas, killed 14 folks when he rammed his rental truck right into a crowd celebrating New 12 months in Bourbon Avenue within the French Quarter early on 1 January.
The 42-year-old former US military soldier was then killed in a shootout with police on the scene of the lethal crash.
The FBI stated the primary journey, the place he stayed at a rental residence, began on 30 October, and lasted at the least two days, and he was additionally there on 10 November.
It stated he made the biking video on his first go to utilizing the hands-free glasses, which had been developed by US tech big Meta and are able to recording or livestreaming. They’re designed to appear to be regular glasses and are available a spread of types.
What occurred within the hours earlier than the assault?
The company stated Jabbar entered Louisiana round 2.30pm on 31 December – hours earlier than the phobia assault.
It stated he positioned one IED (improvised explosive system) within the space of the atrocity at 1.53am on New 12 months’s Day and a second one was positioned quickly after at 2.20am.
At 3.15am, Jabbar carried out his assault, the place he “used the truck as a deadly weapon”, stated the FBI.
Shortly after 5am, a hearth was reported at a rental residence in New Orleans, the place emergency providers discovered explosive gadgets.
The FBI believes Jabbar acted alone.
“We’ve not seen any indications of an confederate in the USA, however we’re nonetheless wanting into potential associates within the US and out of doors of our borders,” Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia stated at a information convention.
Jabbar additionally travelled to Cairo, Egypt, between 22 June and three July 2023, and some days in a while 10 July he flew to Ontario, Canada, earlier than returning to the US on 13 July.
Nevertheless it was not but clear whether or not these journeys had been related to the truck assault.
“Our brokers are getting solutions to the place he went, who he went with and the way these journeys might or might not tie into his actions right here,” stated Lyonel Myrthil, FBI particular agent answerable for the New Orleans Discipline Workplace.
Jabbar proclaimed his help for the so-called Islamic State militant group in on-line movies posted hours earlier than he struck.
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