As the investigation continues of the New Year’s Day Terrorist attack in New Orleans continues FBI Deputy Assistant Director of Counter Terrorism Christopher Raia says that 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar of Houston acted alone, and there’s not an active threat at this time.
“We do not asses at this point that anyone else was involved in this attack except for Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the subject you’ve already been briefed on.”
Raia says Jabbar drove from Houston to New Orleans on Monday posting five videos to his Facebook account during this time.
“In the first video, Jabbzr explains he originally planned to harm his family and friends but was concerned that the news headlines would not focus on the quote-War between the believers and the disbelievers-end quote”
In another video, Jabbar proclaimed his support of ISIS which he said he joined before this summer. Raia says FBI Bomb Technicians recovered two IEDs inside coolers. One at the cross-section of Bourbon and Orleans Avene and a second one, two blocks away.
“There were multiple reports of other devices. Those reports turned out to be misinformation or not actual functioning devices. Those are the only two devices that we have been able to recover that were functional.”
Raia confirmed Jabbar was not wearing a suicide vest and is one of the 15 confirmed dead.
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