Ten people were killed and at least 35 injured after a man drove into large crowds in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the early hours of New Year’s Day, authorities have said.
Here’s what we know so far about what happened and the perpetrator.
At 03:15 local time on New Year’s Day, a Ford pick-up truck rammed into crowds gather on Bourbon Street in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter.
CCTV footage shows a white, Ford F-150 Lightning vehicle driving onto the pavement to get around a police car before hitting pedestrians.
Police described the act as “very intentional”, adding that the attacker – identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar – was “hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did”.
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Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c205ek63433o
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