A US Army veteran, driving a pickup truck displaying the Islamic State flag, caused a deadly rampage on New Orleans' New Year's celebration, killing 15 people. He drove through a police barricade and plowed into revelers before being fatally shot by police. The FBI is investigating the attack as a terrorist act, finding guns, an improvised explosive device, and other devices in the vehicle and around the French Quarter.
NEW ORLEANS — A US Army veteran driving a pickup truck that bore the flag of the Islamic State group wrought carnage on New Orleans ' raucous New Year's celebration, killing 15 people as he steered around a police blockade and slammed into revelers before being shot dead by police.The FBI said it was investigating the attack early Wednesday as a terrorist act and did not believe the driver acted alone.
Investigators recovered a handgun and AR-style rifle, according to a law enforcement official who was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.There were also deadly explosions in Honolulu and outside a Las Vegas hotel owned by President-elect Donald Trump. Biden said the FBI was looking into whether the Las Vegas explosion was connected to the New Orleans attack but had 'nothing to report' as of Wednesday evening.
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