An alleged ISIS terrorist has been arrested in connection with the Jan. 1 Bourbon Street car attack that killed 14 people in Louisiana, according to Iraqi officials.
The suspect is accused of inciting Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, to carry out the attack, which also left dozens injured on the famed New Orleans street at the height of New Year’s Eve celebrations.
The FBI released images of NOLA terror suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar. FBILittle is currently known about the suspect, but the Iraqi supreme court described him as “a member of the Foreign Operations Office of the terrorist organization.”
The suspect will be tried in Iraqi court for terrorism.
Jabbar killed at least 14 people in New Orleans Wednesday morning. FBI/AFP via Getty Images
An investigation into him was sparked at the request of the United States, with officials previously saying they were investigating the possibility of accomplices being involved in the terrifying attack, Fox News reported.
Jabbar, a Muslim and US Army veteran, was believed to have been radicalized by ISIS before he rammed a rented Ford F-150 Lightning truck through the crowded street.
Jabbar was flying an ISIS flag from the back of his truck during the rampage.
The rampage only ended after his car slammed into a crane blocking the road. He then leapt out and began firing a gun at crowds.
He was killed by cops moments later.
Jabbar sped down Bourbon Street around 3:15 a.m. New Year’s Day. XJabbar left active duty in the Army – where he was awarded a Global War on Terrorism Service Medal – in 2015 after enlisting in 2007.
He worked in human resources and information technology, and rose to the rank of staff sergeant when he transferred to the Army Reserves.
But his life began to deteriorate sometime in the last few years – with three divorces to his name and financial troubles piling up over hefty child support payments.
The troubled vet became radicalized somewhere along the way, with extremist ideas and rhetoric ramping up in the last year, according to family members.
Jabbar was inspired by ISIS and acted alone, officials said. Obtained by the NY PostThat culminated with him pledging allegiance to ISIS in a series of videos posted to his Facebook page prior to the attack.
In one of those videos, Jabbar even confessed plans to murder his family – including his two daughters, age 15 and 20.
He also planned to detonate a pair of explosives on Bourbon St. during the attack, but was killed before he could blow them.
His Houston home was also found filled with bomb-making materials.
The attack was the deadliest ISIS-related terror attack on US soil in years.
