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FBI investigates New Orleans attacker's connections to extremism

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Here & Now Newsroom

January 02, 2025

Edward Bruski, right, hugs New Orleans police officer Zachary Stevenson at the scene where a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street. (Gerald Herbert/AP)

Here & Now's Scott Tong speaks with counterterrorism expert Javed Ali about what we're learning about Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the U.S. army veteran behind Wednesday's deadly truck attack in New Orleans, who posted videos to social media before the attack saying he was inspired by the extremist Islamic State group.

This segment aired on January 2, 2025.

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