New Orleans New Year's Day terror attack: Driver plows into crowd overnight

A driver rammed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Orleans revelers early on New Year's Day, killing 10 people and injuring more than 30 in what the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism.

The driver was killed in a firefight with police following the attack around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday along Bourbon Street in the city’s bustling French Quarter, the FBI said. Police have identified the driver as 42-year-old Shasmud-Din Jabbar, who authorities say did not act alone and that an Islamic State flag was found on the the vehicle's trailer hitch.
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