New Orleans attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar recorded a video of town’s French Quarter utilizing Meta glasses he wore whereas biking within the weeks earlier than his lethal atrocity, the FBI has mentioned.
The bureau mentioned he had made two journeys to the southern US metropolis in October and November this yr.
The US citizen, from Houston, Texas, killed 14 folks when he rammed his rental truck right into a crowd celebrating New 12 months in Bourbon Road within the French Quarter early on 1 January.
The 42-year-old former US military soldier was then killed in a shootout with police on the scene of the lethal crash.
The FBI mentioned the primary journey, the place he stayed at a rental dwelling, began on 30 October, and lasted at the very least two days, and he was additionally there on 10 November.
It mentioned he made the biking video on his first go to utilizing the hands-free Meta glasses, that are able to recording or livestreaming.
The company mentioned he entered Louisiana round 2.30pm on 31 December – hours earlier than the phobia assault.
It mentioned he positioned one IED within the space of the atrocity at 1.53am on New 12 months’s Day and a second one was positioned at 2.20am.
At 3.15am, Jabbar carried out his assault, the place he “used the truck as a lethal weapon”, mentioned the FBI.
Shortly after 5am, a hearth was reported at a rental dwelling in New Orleans, the place emergency companies discovered explosive units.
The FBI believes Jabbar acted alone.
Jabbar additionally travelled to Cairo, Egypt, between 22 June and three July 2023, and some days afterward 10 July he flew to Ontario, Canada, earlier than returning to the US on 13 July.
However it was not but clear whether or not these journeys had been related to the truck assault, Mr Raia added.
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