Nowy Orlean (AP) – Army veteran leading a pickup who wore the flag of the Islamic group of the state killing 15 people When he headed around the police block and hit revelers before he was shot by the police.

The FBI said he was investigating Attack early Wednesday As a terrorist act and he does not consider that the driver acted alone. Investigators found weapons and something that looked like an improvised explosive in the vehicle, in addition to other devices in other parts of the famous French city district.

Rampage turned the festive Bourbon street into macabre chaos of mutilated victims, bloodied bodies and pedestrians escaping for safety in night clubs and restaurants. In addition to the dead dozens of people were wounded. College Football Playoff in nearby SuperDome He was postponed to Thursday.

18 -year -old Zion Parsons from Gulfport, Mississippi said that he saw a truck “passing through people, throwing people like on a film stage, throwing people at the air.”

“Body, bodies up and bottom of the street, everyone screams and screams,” said Parsons, whose friend Nikary Dedaux was amongst the killed people.

“This is not just an act of terrorism. This is bad – said the police superintendent in New Orleans Anne Kirkpatrick.

Kirkpatrick said that the driver “defeated” security measures to guard pedestrians, and “was” hellish in creating slaughter and damage. “

The FBI identified the driver as a 42-year-old US citizen from Texas, a US citizen from Texas and said that he was acting on the definition of his potential associations with terrorist organizations.

“We do not believe that Jabbar was exclusively responsible,” said the assistant of the FBI special agent chargeable for Athea Duncan at a press conference.

Investigators found many improvised explosives, including two tubular bombs, which were hidden in the coolers and connected to distant detonation, in accordance with the Bulletin of the State Police Intelligence in Louisiana obtained by the Associated Press.

The newsletter, consisting of preliminary information gathered shortly after the attack, also said that the material from surveillance showed three men and a woman placeing one of the devices, but federal officials did not confirm this detail immediately and it was not clear who they were or what connection they’d to attack , if in any respect.

Jabbar drove a rented pickup on the sidewalk, walking on a police automotive that was in a position to block the traffic of vehicles, authorities. The barrier system geared toward stopping vehicle attacks was repaired As part of the preparation for Super Bowl in February.

Kirkpatrick said that Jabbar was killed by the police after he left the truck and opened fire on the corresponding officers. Three officers returned fire. Two were shot and are in a stable condition.

Investigators regained a pistol and a rifle AR, based on law enforcement officer, which was not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation and spoke provided anonymity.

Deadly explosions have also crashed Honolulu AND Las VegasAlthough the authorities did not say whether or not they were related to the attack of New Orleans.

The photo circulated amongst law enforcement officers showed bearded Jabbar in camouflage next to the truck after killing. The Intelligence Bulletin obtained by AP said that he was wearing a ballistic vest and a helmet. Flbi said that the flag of the Islamic States group was on the trailer of the truck trailer.

“For those people who do not believe in objective evil, everything you have to do is look at what happened in our city early in the morning,” said Senator John Kennedy, a Republican of Louisiana. “If this does not cause a reflex of gags of every American, every honest American, I will be very surprised.”

Jabbar joined the army in 2007, serving on human resources and IT technologies and deployed in Afghanistan in 2009–2010, as the service said. He moved to the army reserve in 2015 and left in 2020 with the rank of staff sergeant.

Just a few hours after the attack, a few coroner’s office vans were parked on the corner of Bourbon and Canal streets, curted with police tape with a crowd of stunned tourists standing around, some tried to maneuver in luggage through the labyrinth of blockades.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landra called people to avoid an area that remained an lively place of crime.

“We looked at our front door and saw a tape of caution and dead silence and it is amazing,” said Tessa Cundiff, from Indiana, who moved to the French district a few years ago. “This is not what we fell in love with is sad.”

Near Life, it was normal in the city known to some for the motto, which translates into the “Let the Good Times”. In the cafe, the distress from which the truck was buried, people crowded for breakfast, when optimistic pop music was played. Two blocks, people drank in the bar, apparently as if nothing had happened.

President Joe Biden, talking to reporters in Delaware, said he felt “anger and frustration” because of the attack, but he would refrain from further commentary until more.

“My heart is directed to the victims and their families who simply tried to celebrate holidays,” said Biden in a statement. “There is no justification for any violence and we will not tolerate any attack on any of the community of our nation.”

Attack is The latest example of a used vehicle as a weapon To perform mass violence, a trend that alerted law enforcement officers and might be difficult to guard.

If that is confirmed based on inspiration, the attack can be the most fatal such robbery of American earth for years. FBI officials have repeatedly warned about the increased international threat of terrorism because of the Israel-HAM war.

Last yr, the FBI disrupted other potential attacks inspired by a group of fighters, including in October, when agents arrested an Afghan man in Oklahoma accused of planning an attack on the day of election addressed to large crowds.