Sources: Very rare type of bomb found after the attack
The driver who killed 14 people in New Orleans on New Year's Day had bombs in his car that had never before been used in a terrorist attack, neither in Europe nor the United States. This is what sources told NBC News.
A major focus of the investigation is now on finding out how the designated perpetrator Shamsud-Din Jabbar obtained the bomb material and how he learned to make the bombs.
Before the attack, he set fire to the house he was renting. Investigators have found signs that Jabbar was making bombs in the house, but suspect that he started the fire to destroy evidence of this.
The bombs in the car did not detonate in connection with the attack, it is unclear whether this is due to an error in their manufacture or something else.
Information: Car used was booked back in November
The perpetrator in New Orleans may have planned the car attack for several weeks. As early as mid-November, he booked the rental car that was used to drive into a crowd and kill 14 people on New Year's Eve, sources told the AP.
According to the FBI, 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar also had a remote-controlled trigger with him to detonate two bombs placed in freezers on the street. One of the freezers was purchased just a couple of hours earlier, according to the news agency.
The FBI is also said to have found bomb-making materials in a home that the 42-year-old rented before the attack.
Investigators are looking for answers: What did Jabbar do in Egypt?
Investigators are now working to find out when and how the perpetrator in New Orleans, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, became radicalized. The work involves, among other things, a trip that the 42-year-old made to Egypt in 2023, sources told ABC News.
He justified his trip to family members by saying that Egypt was “cheap and beautiful.” Investigators are now trying to figure out why he went there and who he met during the trip.
According to the sources, it is unclear whether the trip marked the start of the former military man’s radicalization process, or whether it had already begun. Jabbar has pledged allegiance to the terrorist group ISIS but is believed to have acted on his own.
The driver who killed 14 people in New Orleans on New Year's Day had bombs in his car that had never before been used in a terrorist attack, neither in Europe nor the United States. This is what sources told NBC News.
A major focus of the investigation is now on finding out how the designated perpetrator Shamsud-Din Jabbar obtained the bomb material and how he learned to make the bombs.
Before the attack, he set fire to the house he was renting. Investigators have found signs that Jabbar was making bombs in the house, but suspect that he started the fire to destroy evidence of this.
The bombs in the car did not detonate in connection with the attack, it is unclear whether this is due to an error in their manufacture or something else.
Information: Car used was booked back in November
The perpetrator in New Orleans may have planned the car attack for several weeks. As early as mid-November, he booked the rental car that was used to drive into a crowd and kill 14 people on New Year's Eve, sources told the AP.
According to the FBI, 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar also had a remote-controlled trigger with him to detonate two bombs placed in freezers on the street. One of the freezers was purchased just a couple of hours earlier, according to the news agency.
The FBI is also said to have found bomb-making materials in a home that the 42-year-old rented before the attack.
Investigators are looking for answers: What did Jabbar do in Egypt?
Investigators are now working to find out when and how the perpetrator in New Orleans, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, became radicalized. The work involves, among other things, a trip that the 42-year-old made to Egypt in 2023, sources told ABC News.
He justified his trip to family members by saying that Egypt was “cheap and beautiful.” Investigators are now trying to figure out why he went there and who he met during the trip.
According to the sources, it is unclear whether the trip marked the start of the former military man’s radicalization process, or whether it had already begun. Jabbar has pledged allegiance to the terrorist group ISIS but is believed to have acted on his own.
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