New Orleans attack: Jihadist's deadly rampage on Bourbon street

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a terrorist from New Orleans, had a bomb-making workshop in his Texas home. According to the "New York Post," Jabbar's house in northern Houston was full of bottles of chemicals, and the inventory of items confiscated by the FBI included a long list of compounds used in bomb-making.

A Qur'an was also found in Jabbar's home, placed on a bookshelf in a central location in the living room. It was open to a passage discussing killing the enemies of Allah and the willingness to die for this mission, for which paradise is the reward. The attacker's home contained many books on Islam. A distinctive prayer rug was also found.

On Thursday, the FBI reported that Jabbar posted five disturbing videos on Facebook while travelling from Houston to New Orleans just a few hours before he committed the massacre on Bourbon Street. In one of the mentioned recordings, the U.S. Army veteran said he initially planned to kill his family and friends but changed his mind out of concern that the media would not focus on the "war between the believers and the disbelievers."

Investigators confirmed that the 42-year-old Jabbar deliberately chose Bourbon Street as the target of his monstrous act of terrorism. However, they have not yet determined what exactly led to his radicalisation.

Inspired by ISIS, Shamsud-Din Jabbar carried out a terrorist attack in New Orleans. He drove a white lorry into a crowd on Bourbon Street, killing 15 people. He died in a confrontation with the police.

Initially, it was assumed that Jabbar might not have acted alone. During Thursday's press conference, Christopher Rai from the FBI stated that there is currently no evidence that anyone other than Jabbar participated in the attack. The authorities do not link the New Orleans attack with the Tesla explosion outside Donald Trump's hotel in Las Vegas.