New Orleans attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar recorded a video of the town’s French Quarter utilizing Meta glasses he wore whereas biking within the weeks earlier than his lethal atrocity, the FBI has stated.
The bureau stated he had made two journeys to the southern US metropolis in October and November this yr.
He killed 14 individuals when he rammed his rental truck right into a crowd celebrating New Yr in Bourbon Road within the French Quarter early on 1 January. The US citizen, from Houston, Texas, was later killed in a shootout with police.
The FBI stated the primary journey began on 30 October, and lasted not less than two days, and he was additionally there on 10 November.
It stated 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 stated he entered Louisiana round 2.30pm on 31 December – hours earlier than the fear assault.
It stated he positioned one IED within the space of the atrocity at 1.53am on New Yr’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 deadly weapon”, stated the FBI.
Shortly after 5am, a hearth was reported at a rental residence in New Orleans, the place emergency providers discovered explosive units.
The FBI believes Jabbar acted alone.
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