Attack on New Year’s Eve
New Orleans Death Ride – What We Know and What We Don’t
The perpetrator is said to have deliberately raced into the crowd and killed ten people. The FBI assumes it was an act of terrorism; there was an IS flag in the vehicle. But much is still unclear.
A man drives a pickup truck into a partying crowd in New Orleans on New Year’s morning. Ten people are dead, the horror is great, in the USA and beyond.
The police confirm ten deaths and more than 35 injuries. The fatal drive happened a few hours after the turn of the year, around 3:15 a.m. local time, in one of the most popular nightlife districts in the US southern metropolis. According to the authorities, the perpetrator is dead; he died after an exchange of gunfire the police. The US authorities are investigating the crime as an act of terrorism. According to the police, the perpetrator drove at very high speed. The police spoke of “very deliberate behavior” on the part of the driver. According to the FBI, after the fatal drive, the man shot at police officers, who fired back. Two police officers are injured in the hospital, but are in stable condition. Investigators found a flag of the Islamic terrorist organization in the crime vehicle State (IS).According to the FBI, the perpetrator is a 42-year-old US citizen from Texas named Shamsud-Din J. According to the FBI, there were weapons in the vehicle. In addition, possible home-made explosive devices were discovered there and in the area. The police are looking for possible accomplices: They do not believe that J. “was solely responsible,” said FBI investigator Alethea Duncan. According to the FBI, the crime vehicle was probably a rented car.
The exact condition of the many injured people is unclear. The motive has not yet been clarified. It is being determined whether the perpetrator actually had connections to terrorist organizations. It is still unclear whether the possible explosive devices could have been detonated. How exactly did the perpetrator get hold of the vehicle? The police spoke of “very deliberate behavior” on the part of the driver – that was the crime So it was planned long in advance? The street in question is busy and had bollards to protect passers-by – how could the pick-up truck get past them? Did the perpetrator have helpers, possibly when depositing the possible explosive devices?
dpa
Source: Stern
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