USA Biden: New Orleans attacker was inspired by IS

SDA

2.1.2025 - 01:36

New Orleans police and federal officials are investigating a suspected terrorist attack on Bourbon Street. In the center of the US southern metropolis of New Orleans, a man drove a car into a crowd of people. Photo: Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate/AP/dpa - ATTENTION: For editorial use only and only with full attribution to the above credit
New Orleans police and federal officials are investigating a suspected terrorist attack on Bourbon Street. In the center of the US southern metropolis of New Orleans, a man drove a car into a crowd of people. Photo: Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate/AP/dpa - ATTENTION: For editorial use only and only with full attribution to the above credit
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According to his own statements, the New Orleans attacker was motivated to carry out his attack by the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS).

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He had communicated this just a few hours before the deadly attack in videos posted on social networks, said US President Joe Biden, citing information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).