Bomb-making materials have been found in a burned-out Airbnb property linked to the New Orleans New Orleans terror attack … hours after 14 people were killed by a speeding truck in the popular tourist area of the French Quarter.
Firefighters responded at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday to a fire at a New Orleans Airbnb property on Bourbon St bomb-sniffing dogs have been seen.
Fox 8 in New Orleans was the first to report that bomb-making materials had been found.
The FBI has denied its theory that others were involved in the attack, now saying they have no evidence that three men and one woman were involved.
Three blocks surrounding the Mandeville Street home in the city’s Marin neighborhood, about 3 miles from the Bourbon Street crime scene, were cordoned off as investigators collected evidence.
US Army Vet Shamsood-Dean Jabbar drove it A Ford pickup truck is in the crowd Celebrating the New Year in the French Quarter, Jabbar was killed in a shootout with police shortly after the truck attack at around 3:15 a.m. Two police officers were shot but survived.
The FBI says the 42-year-old man committed an act of terrorism, with an ISIS flag and an improvised explosive device found in the truck after the attack.
Officials report that 3 phones and 2 laptops associated with Jabbar were found. At least 2 other IEDs were found in coolers at the Bourbon Street intersection and at another location 2 blocks away, both of which were “functional” and surveillance video showed they were planted there by Jabbar.
Officials say there is no definitive link between the New Orleans attack and the alleged terror attack in Las Vegas. The Tesla Cybertruck has exploded Wednesday outside the Trump Hotel.
