The New Orleans terrorist attack was Shamsuddin Jabbar. Radicalized by ISIS Online “Within weeks,” according to FBI Director Christopher Wray.
Jabbar killed 14 civilians. when he hit a rented Ford F-150 truck celebrating New Year’s on Bourbon Street at 3:15 a.m. on Jan. 1.
“[H]It appears to have been – from a distance – inspired by ISIS. And it is, in many ways, the most difficult terrorist threat we face,” Ray said. “60 Minutes” In a wide-ranging interview that aired on Sunday. “You’re talking about guys like this, who are radicalized in weeks, not years, and whose method of attack is still very lethal but quite crude. And if you’re talking about connecting the dots. I think about that old saying, there’s not much, there’s little time to connect them.”
The FBI noted earlier this month that Jabbar, 42, traveled to Cairo, Egypt from June 22 to July 3, 2023, then returned to the United States and on a separate trip on July 10, 2023, he visited the Canadian city of Traveled to Ontario and back. A few days later, America.
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The Texas native was a twice-divorced Army veteran who, despite a lucrative job at a major consulting firm, had a history of financial struggles and missed child support payments, records show.
Before the New Orleans attack, he visited the city twice — once in October and again in November. He used Meta smart glasses to take videos of his surroundings as he biked through the French Quarter before carrying out the fatal attack.
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On December 31, Jabbar rented a Ford truck in Houston and then took him to New Orleans, where he checked into an AirBnb. Authorities would later find bomb-making equipment and the remains of a fire at the property, saying Jabbar tried to cover up his crime by burning the evidence in a rented house in the St. Roch neighborhood, about two miles from the French Quarter. had tried
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“It’s pretty clear by now that this is a guy who was radicalized online and who went on to kill as many innocent people as possible in the name of ISIS,” Ray said in an interview with “60 Minutes.” was determined to try.”
Investigators work at the scene after a man drove a vehicle into a crowd at Canal and Bourbon streets, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
He added that these types of lone wolf threats are becoming more common in the United States.
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“There was a guy, a Pakistani national, who, just a few months ago, we worked with our Canadian partners to arrest,” Wray told host Scott Pelley. This guy was trying to enter the United States, entering New York City, shooting a mass shooting in a Jewish center in Brooklyn. In his words, he wanted to carry out the biggest attack on America since 9/11.”
The FBI is continuing to investigate the attack and said Jabbar apparently acted alone, with authorities still investigating whether he had accomplices.
Fox News’ Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.