The driving force behind a terrorist assault in New Orleans deliberate to make use of a transmitter to detonate two bombs he positioned on Bourbon Road and had extra explosive units at a rental house he set on hearth.
This replace, shared in a joint assertion from the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), presents new particulars about Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s actions earlier than he killed 14 individuals within the New 12 months’s assault.
“The FBI assesses that during his attack on Bourbon Street, Jabbar intended to use a transmitter, that was found in the F150 truck, to detonate the two IED’s he placed on Bourbon Street,” the businesses mentioned.
The businesses mentioned they recovered bomb making supplies each at a rental home on Mandeville Road in New Orleans in addition to Jabbar’s residence in Houston, Texas.
The New Orleans Hearth Division additionally decided that Jabbar set the New Orleans rental on hearth, with the division speeding to the scene a bit of after 5 a.m. on New 12 months’s Day.
“ATF has determined that Jabbar was the only person who could have had access to the residence when the fire was set,” the bureau mentioned. “ATF also determined that Jabbar set a small fire in the hallway, and strategically placed accelerants throughout the house in his effort to destroy it and other evidence of his crime.”
That fireplace, nonetheless, extinguished itself earlier than it was in a position to unfold, enabling restoration of extra proof.
