Bomb-making materials were found in a burned-out Airbnb property linked to the New Orleans terror attack New Year’s Eve … hours after 14 people were killed by a speeding truck in the popular French Quarter tourist area.
A fire was reported at an Airbnb property in New Orleans early Wednesday … hours after the New Year’s Eve attack on Bourbon Street. Firefighters responded at 5:30 AM Wednesday, and the area was immediately evacuated — and the ATF was called to the scene. Bomb-sniffing dogs were seen searching the property.
Fox 8 in New Orleans was first to report bomb-making materials were found.
The FBI walked back its theory others were involved in the attack, now saying they have no evidence of it. They had previously indicated 3 men and a woman were involved.
Three blocks surrounding the house on Mandeville Street in the Marigny neighborhood of the city — roughly 3 miles from the Bourbon Street crime scene — were closed as investigators collected evidence.
U.S. Army vet Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a Ford pickup truck into a crowd celebrating New Year’s Eve in the French Quarter. Jabbar was killed in a shootout with police immediately after the truck attack, around 3:15 AM. Two cops were shot, but survived.
The FBI says the 42-year-old committed an act of terrorism — an ISIS flag and an improvised explosive device were found in the truck after the attack.
Officials say 3 phones and 2 laptops linked to Jabbar have been recovered. At least 2 other IEDs were found in coolers at a Bourbon Street intersection and another location 2 blocks away — both were “functional,” and surveillance video shows they had been placed there by Jabbar.
Officials say there is no definitive link between the New Orleans attack and a suspected terrorist incident in Las Vegas — where a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump Hotel Wednesday.
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