New Orleans attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar recorded a video of the city’s French Quarter using Meta glasses he wore while cycling in the weeks before his deadly atrocity, the FBI has said.
The bureau said he had made two trips to the southern US city in October and November this year.
He killed 14 people when he rammed his rental truck into a crowd celebrating New Year in Bourbon Street in the French Quarter early on 1 January. He was later killed in a shootout with police.
The FBI said the first trip started on 30 October 2024, and lasted at least two days, and he was also there on 10 November.
It said he made the cycling video using the Meta glasses on the first visit.
The agency said he entered Louisiana around 2.30pm on 31 December – hours before the terror attack.
It said he placed one IED in the area of the atrocity at 1.53am on New Year’s Day and a second one was placed at 2.20am.
At 3.15am, Jabbar carried out his attack, where he “used the truck as a lethal weapon”, said the FBI.
Shortly after 5am, a fire was reported at a rental home in New Orleans, where emergency services found explosive devices.
The FBI believes Jabbar acted alone.
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