Bomb-making materials were discovered in a burned-out Airbnb property connected to the New Orleans terror attack on New Year's Eve. The find came hours after a speeding truck killed 14 people in the French Quarter. The FBI is investigating a possible link between the attack and a suspected terrorist incident in Las Vegas.
Bomb -making materials were found in a burned-out Airbnb property linked to the New Orleans terror attack New Year's Eve ... hours after 14 people were killed by a speeding truck in the popular French Quarter tourist area.A fire was reported at an Airbnb property in New Orleans early Wednesday ... hours after the New Year's Eve attack on Bourbon Street. Firefighters responded at 5:30 AM Wednesday, and the area was immediately evacuated -- and the ATF was called to the scene.
Three blocks surrounding the house on Mandeville Street in the Marigny neighborhood of the city -- roughly 3 miles from the Bourbon Street crime scene -- were closed as investigators collected evidence.celebrating New Year's Eve in the French Quarter. Jabbar was killed in a shootout with police immediately after the truck attack, around 3:15 AM. Two cops were shot, but survived.
The FBI says the 42-year-old committed an act of terrorism -- an ISIS flag and an improvised explosive device were found in the truck after the attack.Officials say 3 phones and 2 laptops linked to Jabbar have been recovered. At least 2 other IEDs were found in coolers at a Bourbon Street intersection and another location 2 blocks away -- both were"functional," and surveillance video shows they had been placed there by Jabbar.
Officials say there is no definitive link between the New Orleans attack and a suspected terrorist incident in Las Vegas -- where aNew Orleans Terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar's Path to Financial Ruin
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