The FBI is investigating previous visits to Egypt and Canada by the suspect in the New Year’s Eve bombing in New Orleans, which killed 14 people after a truck plowed into a crowd of people, an FBI official told reporters on Sunday. FBI.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S. Army veteran who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State extremist group, is the suspect in the attack and the FBI says he acted alone. He was killed in a firefight with police after the riot, which also injured dozens of people and was classified by the FBI as an act of terrorism.
“We also tracked that Jabbar traveled to Cairo, Egypt, from June 22 to July 3, 2023. A few days later, he flew to Ontario, Canada, on July 10, and returned to the United States on July 13, 2023 .,” Lyonel Myrthil, FBI special agent in charge of the New Orleans field office, said at a news conference.
“Our officers are getting answers about where he went, who he met and how these trips may or may not be connected to his actions in our city of New Orleans,” he added.
The FBI also said Jabbar made at least two trips to New Orleans in the months before the attack, one in October and one in November.
Source: Terra
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