The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched surveillance footage displaying Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the perpetrator of the New Yr’s Day assault in New Orleans, planting improvised explosive units (IEDs) hid in coolers all through the French Quarter.
Jabbar was additionally carrying Meta-branded good glasses, which he used to scout out the placement throughout prior visits to the town.
Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S. Military veteran from Houston, conducted the attack by driving a rented Ford F-150 Lightning EV truck right into a crowd on Bourbon Avenue, leading to 14 fatalities and 35 accidents.
Earlier than the vehicular assault, he strategically positioned two do-it-yourself bombs alongside Bourbon Avenue, meaning to detonate them remotely.
Nevertheless, the units did not explode on account of a malfunction or inactivity, based on New York Post.
Within the footage launched by the FBI, Jabbar is seen carrying Meta-branded good glasses and a brown coat as he locations two coolers containing do-it-yourself bombs at separate areas on Bourbon Avenue.
The FBI disclosed that Jabbar had visited New Orleans twice in current months, utilizing the good glasses to document movies of the French Quarter, together with a bicycle tour in October, suggesting these journeys have been a part of his assault planning.
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WATCH: FBI releases video of NOLA terrorist carrying Meta glasses and inserting coolers with IEDs all through the French Quarter pic.twitter.com/UQFm3Aox2R
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Investigators are additionally analyzing Jabbar’s travels to Cairo, Egypt, and Ontario, Canada, in mid-2023 to find out if they’re related to his radicalization or the planning of the assault.
Investigations have additionally uncovered that Jabbar had beforehand expressed intentions to hurt his family. In a sequence of disturbing movies, he mentioned plans to collect his household beneath the guise of a celebration after which kill them.
The FBI stories that Shamsud-Din Jabbar had initially thought-about killing his household however finally determined in opposition to it, fearing it will divert media consideration from what he described because the “battle between believers and disbelievers.”
Recall that Jabbar talked about experiencing goals that he interpreted as directives to hitch ISIS.
The Gateway Pundit beforehand reported that Jabbar transformed to Islam earlier than spiraling into erratic conduct, based on members of the family who spoke with the far-left New York Times.
Dwayne Marsh, married to Jabbar’s ex-wife, famous the suspect’s more and more weird actions, together with slicing his hair drastically and displaying erratic conduct that prompted them to limit his entry to his daughters.
Jabbar had moved right into a predominantly Muslim neighborhood north of Houston roughly a yr in the past.
Joe Biden and Jill Biden are scheduled to go to New Orleans to fulfill with victims’ households and first responders.