Attack in New Orleans –
The suspect spotted the scene upstream
According to the FBI, the suspect came to film twice with connected glasses the street where he drove into the crowd on January 1.
This image taken from a video released by the FBI on January 5, 2025 shows suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar filming himself in a mirror with his Meta glasses before the attack in New Orleans on January 1, 2025.
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The suspect in the New Orleans attack, accused of killing 14 people on January 1, went there twice to prepare for the attack and filmed the street where he rushed into the crowd, the FBI said Sunday.
During his first trip to Louisiana’s largest city, for a few days starting October 30, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old American citizen, used connected glasses from the company Meta to film the French Quarter, the FBI said at a press conference.
We see in the video, filmed from a bicycle, the ultra-touristy streets of the French Quarter of New Orleans, known for being festive day and night. The glasses were found on the suspect after his death. He was therefore wearing them on the day of the attack, but did not activate them.
Second spotting
Shamsud-Din Jabbar made a second trip before the attack, said federal police agent Lyonel Myrthil. But investigators said they were trying to piece together the still vague details of this stay on November 10.
The suspect, a former soldier, also traveled to Egypt and Canada in the past two years, the FBI also said. He went to Cairo for ten days in the summer of 2023 before staying in Canada immediately for three days. The FBI said it was looking for anyone who met him at that time to establish the reasons for these trips.
An Islamic State (IS) flag was found in the ram vehicle and the suspect proclaimed his support for IS in several videos, claiming to have joined the jihadist organization. The FBI has also declared that it is treating the case as a “terrorist act”.
The attack created a wave of emotion in the United States and internationally. US President Joe Biden will visit the site on Monday to “share the pain of the bereaved families”.
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