The FBI identified the attacker as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US citizen from Texas. He appeared to have been a real estate agent working in Houston and had served as an IT specialist in the military.
Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick described Jabbar as a “terrorist,“ and the FBI said “an ISIS flag was located in the vehicle,“ using another name for the Islamic State jihadist group.
Biden also said that law enforcement agencies were probing any possible links between the attack and the explosion later on Wednesday of a Tesla Cybertruck outside a hotel owned by US President-elect Donald Trump in Las Vegas that killed one person, though he cautioned that none had been found so far.
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said: “We’re hunting some bad people down.”
An FBI spokesman told AFP that 15 people had been killed in the attack, citing the New Orleans coroner’s office.
Police said the incident began around 3:15 am (0915 GMT) near Bourbon Street in the heart of the French Quarter, packed with people celebrating the start of 2025.
“This man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could,“ Kirkpatrick told reporters.
The Pentagon said Jabbar had served in the Army as a human resources specialist and an IT specialist from 2007 to 2015, and then in the army reserve until 2020.
Biden said that “thus far, there’s nothing” linking the New Orleans attack with the Las Vegas explosion, which police described as an “isolated” incident.
A spokesperson for the app, used by millions of people in the United States, said they were working with law enforcement.
Horror in famous neighborhood
Bystander Zion Parsons said the revelry turned into a scene of horror.
“People were terrified, running, screaming,“ he said.
“We instantly counted, I’d say, 10 bodies -- six clearly, graphically deceased, and the others yelling with no one around,“ he said.
The attack came just hours before the city was due to put on the Sugar Bowl, a major college football game. It was delayed until Thursday.
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