Ten people are dead after a car slammed into a crowd in New Orleans’ popular Bourbon Street during New Year’s Day celebrations.
In a press conference on Wednesday morning, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell described the incident as a “terrorist attack,” urging residents to stay away from the area as it was still an active scene. The FBI, however, initially said it was not clear that it was a terrorist event but that an improvised explosive device was found with the suspect. NBC News later reported that the FBI is now investigating this as “potential terrorism” before the FBI revealed they were investigating the mass casualty event as terrorism.
