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Jabbar’s truck attack kills 15 Americans

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Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, deliberately drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing 15 people and injuring dozens.

He was fatally shot by police.

According to Simon Ateba, the suspect was an American citizen born in Texas.

He served in the US Army for many years.

He posted a video on social media before the attack that he was inspired by ISIS to kill.

Additional information has it that
Staff Sgt. Shamsuddin B. Jabbar, was information technology team chief for the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade, combat division.

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