Bomb-making supplies had been present in a burned-out Airbnb property linked to the New Orleans terror assault New Yr’s Eve … hours after 14 folks had been killed by a rushing truck within the common French Quarter vacationer space.
A fireplace was reported at an Airbnb property in New Orleans early Wednesday … hours after the New Yr’s Eve assault on Bourbon Avenue. Firefighters responded at 5:30 AM Wednesday, and the world was instantly evacuated — and the ATF was referred to as to the scene. Bomb-sniffing canines had been seen looking out the property.
Fox 8 in New Orleans was first to report bomb-making supplies had been discovered.
The FBI walked again its concept others had been concerned within the assault, now saying they haven’t any proof of it. They’d beforehand indicated 3 males and a lady had been concerned.
Three blocks surrounding the home on Mandeville Avenue within the Marigny neighborhood of town — roughly 3 miles from the Bourbon Avenue crime scene — had been closed as investigators collected proof.
U.S. Military vet Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a Ford pickup truck right into a crowd celebrating New Yr’s Eve within the French Quarter. Jabbar was killed in a shootout with police instantly after the truck assault, round 3:15 AM. Two cops had been shot, however survived.
The FBI says the 42-year-old dedicated an act of terrorism — an ISIS flag and an improvised explosive machine had been discovered within the truck after the assault.
Officers say 3 telephones and a pair of laptops linked to Jabbar have been recovered. At the very least 2 different IEDs had been present in coolers at a Bourbon Avenue intersection and one other location 2 blocks away — each had been “useful,” and surveillance video reveals they’d been positioned there by Jabbar.
Officers say there isn’t a definitive hyperlink between the New Orleans assault and a suspected terrorist incident in Las Vegas — the place a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outdoors the Trump Resort Wednesday.
