Little by little, the FBI has been releasing data on the New 12 months’s Day attacker who drove his pickup truck by way of a crowd of individuals in New Orleans. The newest (and most annoying) piece of data comes from movies filmed by the attacker himself. Seems, he had the entire thing deliberate out.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar was recognized as the person who plowed by way of a crowd of New 12 months’s celebrators on Bourbon Avenue along with his Ford pickup only a few hours after the ball dropped. Christopher Raia, the deputy assistant director of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, mentioned in a press convention Jabbar left behind 5 movies that uncovered his motive behind the incident that left 14 folks lifeless.
The movies weren’t made accessible for view to the general public however authorities had been briefed on the contents. Listed below are three takeaways from them:
Chilling Time Stamps
Raia mentioned the movies had been recorded whereas Jabbar traveled between Houston to New Orleans and had been posted to Fb, CNN stories. Jabbar’s movies had been posted between 1:29 a.m. and three:02 a.m. – the final video being posted simply minutes earlier than he planted improvised explosives forward of the assault.
Impressed by ISIS
Within the press convention, Raia mentioned upon reviewing the movies, Jabbar proclaimed his allegiance to the terrorist group, ISIS. He defined that he joined the group earlier than summer time of 2024. Authorities mentioned they recovered an ISIS flag from Jabbar’s car following the crash. The army veteran had served in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2015.
Plots on Household
Within the movies, Jabbar additionally mentioned his divorce, authorities mentioned. ABC Information beforehand reported he had been married thrice. Upon his most up-to-date divorce, Jabbar mentioned within the movies he deliberate to assemble his household for a “celebration” however really supposed on killing all of them, authorities mentioned.
He modified his thoughts as a result of he didn’t need the information to deal with that however slightly “the warfare between the believers and the disbelievers,” per CNN.
Among the many movies, cellphones and laptops believed to belong to Jabbar had been confiscated by authorities. Jabbar died after being shot throughout a standoff with authorities, New Orleans police mentioned.