01/02/2025

FBI Says New Orleans Attacker Acted Alone

This counters previous statements the agency made

Despite warnings of potential accomplices less than a day ago, law enforcement officials said Thursday that the New Orleans truck driver acted alone and that footage shows him placing functional explosive devices in the French Quarter a few hours before his attack.

"We do not assess at this point that anyone else is involved in this attack," FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia with the agency's counterintelligence division said during a news conference.

The FBI had initially said Wednesday that the driver might have had help, especially because of two coolers with explosives found in the area. Raia said footage shows the attacker placed the bombs just an hour and 15 minutes before the carnage. Bomb technicians safely neutralized both explosive devices.

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