The suspect has been preliminarily identified as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar, according to four senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter.

Summary

Authorities identified Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, as the suspect in the New Orleans truck ramming attack that killed 10 people and injured 35 on New Year’s Day.

Jabbar, who died in a shootout with police, allegedly drove a truck with a black flag possibly linked to ISIS. The FBI is investigating the attack as a potential terrorist act.

Weapons and suspected explosive devices were found in Jabbar’s vehicle and near the scene.

Officials are also investigating reports that Jabbar fired a rifle into the crowd and whether IEDs near the site were operational.

  • nifty@lemmy.world
    44·
    3 months ago

    Reading the news about this suspect, I wonder how much someone like him was coerced or bullied into doing something like this?

    Nazis and white supremacists are intent on creating an ethnostate, and how fucking convenient that this guy and the guy in Germany who did the Christmas market attack just happened to do it just now.

    Muslims in particular need to be aware that they may be targets of asshole covert gangs doing electronic harassment. They are not the government, report your harassment to the FBI if you’re going through anything like that.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_harassment

    Edit to give context, I read some weird stories around the internet, sorry if it comes across as too “out there”. Its likely that such stories are lies or literally schizoposting.

        • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
          112·
          3 months ago

          Juggling 6 different things but still able to make a statement on a subject you didn’t bother to read for like 20 seconds. That’s how fast you come across his name and where he was born if you just read the fucking article.

    • DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world
      9·
      3 months ago

      According to preliminary information, Jabber, a U.S. citizen born in Texas, had a black flag affixed to the hitch of the pickup truck he allegedly drove into the crowd. Officials are investigating whether that flag is related to the terrorist group ISIS, two senior law enforcement officials said.

      I’m going to make a prediction and say it’s self-radicalization. As for which group he self-radicalized to, I’ll wait until more information comes out. I have an obvious suspicion, but I’d rather wait.