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A driver in a pickup truck who officials said was “hell-bent on carnage” sped through a crowd of pedestrians in New Orleans' bustling French Quarter district, killing 10 and injuring 30 revellers early on New Year's Day.
The attack occurred around 3.15 am along Bourbon Street, known worldwide as one of the largest destinations for New Year's Eve parties, and with crowds in the city ballooning in anticipation for the Sugar Bowl college football playoff game at the nearby Superdome later in the day.
At a news conference, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell described the killings as a “terrorist attack” and the city's police chief said the act was clearly intentional. But an assistant FBI agent in charge declared that is was "not a terrorist event.” The news conference ended before authorities could reconcile the two characterisations.
Alethea Duncan, an assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's New Orleans field office, said officials were investigating the discovery of at least one suspected improvised explosive device at the scene.
A driver in a pickup truck who officials said was “hell-bent on carnage” sped through a crowd of pedestrians in New Orleans' bustling French Quarter district, killing 10 and injuring 30 revellers early on New Year's Day.
The attack occurred around 3.15 am along Bourbon Street, known worldwide as one of the largest destinations for New Year's Eve parties, and with crowds in the city ballooning in anticipation for the Sugar Bowl college football playoff game at the nearby Superdome later in the day.
A driver in a pickup truck who officials said was “hell-bent on carnage” sped through a crowd of pedestrians in New Orleans' bustling French Quarter district, killing 10 and injuring 30 revellers early on New Year's Day.
The attack occurred around 3.15 am along Bourbon Street, known worldwide as one of the largest destinations for New Year's Eve parties, and with crowds in the city ballooning in anticipation for the Sugar Bowl college football playoff game at the nearby Superdome later in theday
At a news conference, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell described the killings as a “terrorist attack” and the city's police chief said the act was clearly intentional. But an assistant FBI agent in charge declared that is was "not a terrorist event.” The news conference ended before authorities could reconcile the two characterisations.
Alethea Duncan, an assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's New Orleans field office, said officials were investigating the discovery of at least one suspected improvised explosive device at the scene
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