The US citizen who attacked a car in the city of New Orleans of Louisiana, posted two explosive devices with remote control on Bourbon Street.
According to NBC News, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Bureau for Alcohol Control, Tobacco, firearms and explosives (ATF) made a joint statement about what happened.
The statement says that the attacker, 42-year-old Chamsud Dean Dzhabbar, left explosive devices in two places on Bourbon Street. During the search of the Jabbar car, the FBI officers found two firearms and remote controls, with which explosive devices could be activated.
It is reported that explosive devices contained a rare component, but for an unknown reason they did not detonate. FBI and ATF continue the investigation to establish the origin of this component.
Police officers searched the house of Jabbar, located in the Houston region, Texas. According to Associated Press, law enforcement officers found materials that, presumably, could be used to make explosives.
as part of the investigation, it was established that Jabbar rented a car on November 14 and, possibly, was preparing to attack for more than six weeks.
New Year in the United States began with the tragedy
The attack occurred in the first hours of the New Year, when the car drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans at high speed. As a result of the incident, 15 people were killed, another 35 were injured.
The American authorities reported that the attacker, liquidated in a shootout with the police, turned out to be a former military man from Texas. His name is the Shamsud Dean Jabbar.