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FBI investigates potential associates of New Orleans attacker in US and abroad
Federal authorities investigating the avowed Islamic State (IS) sympathizer who carried out the New Year’s Day Bourbon Street terror attack in New Orleans said they are still investigating his potential associates elsewhere in the US and abroad. Speaking to reporters, the FBI’s deputy assistant director of counter-terrorism, Christopher Raia, said: “All investigative details and evidence…
Friday Briefing: F.B.I. Said the New Orleans Attacker Acted Alone
Plus, eat better in 2025. By Justin Porter Investigators said yesterday that the U.S. Army veteran who plowed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans acted alone. They had said earlier in their investigation that they were looking into whether other people might have helped him plant explosives in…
What we know about the New Orleans attacker
Ten people are dead and at least 35 injured after a man drove into a large crowd in New Orleans in the early hours of New Year’s Day, authorities have said. Here’s what we know so far. The man who drive the truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street early Wednesday morning has been identified…