Two separate attacks on New Year's Day in New Orleans and Las Vegas have left at least 16 dead and dozens injured. Authorities are investigating whether the incidents are connected and if they have ties to ISIS. Suspects in both attacks were US citizens who rented vehicles using the Turo app.
President-elect Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, told Fox News' Tammy Bruce that the incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas on New Year's Day were 'suicide missions. Both of these incidents— Las Vegas and New Orleans —they're both going to be U.S. citizens. They're both going to have recent U.S. travel,' Homan said. 'They both were on a suicide mission. Neither one felt they were going to go home, and I think you're going to see ISIS affiliation on both of them.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, has been named the suspect in the New Year's attack on Bourbon Street that killed at least 15 people and injured 30 early Wednesday morning. Later on Wednesday in Las Vegas, a Cybertruck exploded in front of the Trump International Hotel, killing the driver and injuring seven others. The suspect's name has not been released. Both incidents are being treated as an act of terrorism. Both cars were rented using the Turo app, according to the Associated Press. At a press conference on Wednesday evening about the New Orleans attack, President Joe Biden also mentioned the Las Vegas incident, noting that law enforcement and the intelligence community are looking into whether there's 'any possible connection.' The attack in New Orleans occurred around 4:15 a.m. EST in the French Quarter, one of New Orleans' busiest areas, during the city's New Year's Eve celebrations. Four victims have been identified by their families: Reggie Hunter, Nikyra Dedeaux, Tiger Bech and Nicole Perez. An ISIS flag, weapons and a potential IED were found in the suspect's rented truck, according to the FBI. Two additional IEDs were found earlier Wednesday morning. Biden said that the suspect had posted videos to social media in connection with the terrorist organization ISIS 'mere hours' before the incident
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