The FBI is looking into past visits to Egypt and Canada by the suspect in the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people after a truck was rammed into a crowd of revelers, an FBI official told reporters on Sunday.
New Orleans truck attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar traveled to Egypt and Canada in the summer of 2023, and investigators are examining whether the foreign trips were part of his preparations, an FBI official said.
Warning, Graphic ContentThe FBI is looking into past visits to Egypt and Canada by the suspect in the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people, officials said on Sunday.:: FBI handoutThe agency also released video taken by the suspect with Meta glasses during previous visits to the city.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have been engaged by U.S. authorities as part of the investigation into the New Orleans truck attack.
On Sunday, the FBI said its investigation crossed state and international borders with agents following leads in several states and other countries.
The man responsible for the truck attack in New Orleans visited the city twice before and recorded video of the French Quarter with hands-free glasses.
Investigators have identified 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar as the man accused of killing 15 people in New Orleans.
The man responsible for the New Orleans attack recorded video of the French Quarter with hands-free glasses during a previous visit to the city, the FBI said.
The man who plowed a truck down Bourbon Street in a New Year’s Day terrorist attack visited New Orleans twice before and traveled to Egypt prior to the massacre.
President Biden set to visit city on Sunday, as investigators piece together attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s travels in months before attack
FBI officials on Sunday said their investigation into the deadly truck attack in New Orleans is now "crossing state and international borders" and that the attacker had travelled to both Egypt and Canada.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar visited New Orleans twice, and traveled to Egypt and Canada, before a burst of violence early on New Year’s Day that killed 14 people. By Rick Rojas Reporting from New Orleans ...