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The Guardian - US
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Anna Betts and Alice Herman

New Orleans attack: FBI believes suspect acted alone in ‘act of terrorism’

Law enforcement members work at the site of an attack on a street
Law enforcement members work at the site where people were killed by a man driving a truck in New Orleans on 2 January 2025. Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters

The FBI said on Thursday that it now believed the suspect acted alone in an “act of terrorism” in the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day that killed 14 and injured dozens more when a man drove a rented pickup into a crowd celebrating on busy Bourbon Street.

The chief suspect, the 42-year-old US citizen Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was killed as he shot at police and officers returned fire, bringing the total deaths from the incident to 15, with more than 35 injured.

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