New Year's terror attack in America? 10 dead..?

Sowmiya Sriram
New Year's terror attack in America? 10 dead..?
The FBI is investigating whether there is any terrorism behind this incident. Authorities have identified the assailant as 42-year-old Shamshuddin Jabbar from Texas. As the new year approaches, a horrific incident in the superpower America has become shocking. A gunman created havoc with a pickup truck during the New Year's celebrations in New Orleans. In this horrific incident, 10 people were killed and 33 were injured. Many suspicions are being expressed about this incident. Did this incident take place as part of a terrorist act? Doubts are being expressed. The reason.. the butcher drove a vehicle indiscriminately into the crowd.. and then opened fire. Two police officers were injured in the shooting.. and the bystander was killed in the return fire.
The FBI is investigating whether there was any terrorism behind this incident. Authorities have identified the assailant as 42-year-old Shamshuddin Jabbar from Texas. He is an American citizen. However.. an isis flag was found in his vehicle. New Orleans's Bourbon Street is famous for its New Year's celebrations. Like every year, thousands of people gathered for these celebrations this year too. According to eyewitness accounts of this horrific incident.. a vehicle rammed into people walking on the side of the road.. and then shots were heard. One person reported that a man jumped out of the vehicle and ran over him. According to another eyewitness, he said that he had just come out of the club and saw people running and the police were warning them to leave. Meanwhile, there is a stadium in the area near the incident. Since there was a football match there, more people had gathered in the area. At 3.15 am on wednesday, when they were all on the roads celebrating, the assailant drove a pickup truck into them. This caused a commotion. A total of ten people were killed and 33 injured. After the attack, the assailant opened fire. The police, who responded immediately, returned fire. The stadium where the football match was being held was closed on wednesday morning. The injured were taken to five nearby hospitals. Officials said two Israelis were among the injured. At a press conference to discuss the incident, conflicting claims initially emerged.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell called the incident a terrorist attack, while the police chief said it was a deliberate attack. However, FBI agent Alethea Duncan initially said it was not a terrorist attack, but said it would be investigated as a terrorist attack. police officials said the two police officers injured in the shooting were in stable condition. US President Joe Biden responded to the incident. He said the FBI would investigate the incident from a terrorist angle as well. He said he had instructed his staff to look into every aspect and find out what happened. He said he was heartbroken when people who had come to celebrate the New Year turned into disembodied beings.

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