Who was Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the New Orleans truck attack suspect?

Members of the National Guard and police look on at a blocked off street, a block from Bourbon Street, after at least 15 people were killed during an attack early in the morning on January 1, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. [Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP]

At least 15 people were killed and dozens wounded after a man, identified by the FBI as a United States military veteran, ploughed a pick-up truck into a crowd of New Year’s revellers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, US.

The suspect, who was killed in a police shootout, has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a US citizen from Texas who served in the military in Afghanistan.