A rented pickup truck driven intentionally into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early Wednesday morning, killing at least 15 people as revelers rang in the New Year. Authorities are investigating the incident as a terrorist attack and are looking into the motives of the suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who had a black ISIS flag displayed on his truck.
, safety concerns are moving to the forefront of people's minds, including here in Massachusetts.Shamsud-Din JabbarAuthorities are working to determine the motivation behind the attack and whether or not Jabbar acted alone. He had a black ISIS flag affixed to the hitch of the rented pickup truck that he allegedly intentionally drove into a crowd around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday on Bourbon Street as people were ringing in the new year.
"This person's the typical suspect, disaffected, going through a personal crisis, mostly likely consuming a lot of dogma and propaganda from terrorist groups such as ISIS online," said retired FBI agent Michael Tabman.
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