The first victim of the New Orleans attack has been identified as Ni’kyra Cheyenne Dedeaux, an 18-year-old high school student from Mississippi who visited the city to find her cousin and spend New Year’s Eve together.

This is one of at least 15 dead in the terrorist attack carried out by 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar, who drove the white Ford F-150 he was driving into pedestrians who were celebrating the arrival of the new year in the streets of the city.

Who is the perpetrator?

The 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar is an American citizen from Texas, an army veteran, who rented the white van online from the Turo site.

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According to sources from the FBI, an investigation has already begun into possible connection of the perpetrator with terrorist groups outside the US and especially with ISIS, while the possibility of connection with far-right pockets in Texas was being considered, before the identification of the perpetrator. A possibility, however, that seems to be removed in the current phase of the investigations.

However, the FBI seems inclined to conclude that the perpetrator did not act alone.

American media are reporting that, according to reports, Shamsud Din Jabbar had his flag ISIS inside the white van, which he used to carry out the bloody attack.

Earlier, the US President-elect, Donald Trumpapparently prompted by a briefing from his staff, linked the New Orleans attack to illegal immigrants, reiterating his position on “imported criminals,” who, he said, “are worse than domestics.” .

The white attack truck

The assailant caused the carnage in New Orleans with a white van, who was neutralized in a shootout with police a few minutes after the attack he unleashed on the crowd, while his possible connection with ISIS is being investigated, according to reports in American media.

The shooter used a white Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck, which stopped in front of Rick’s Cabaret on Bourbon Street. At this point, the assailant was neutralized by the police.

The FBI has confirmed that this is an act of terrorism and the investigation is now turning to the perpetrator’s possible connections with international terrorist groups, with attention turning mainly to the Islamic State (ISIS).

In his statement, US President Joe Biden gave the go-ahead for the maximum possible federal force in the investigation of the attack, while considering the possibility that there were partners, either in the field or at the support level.

New Orleans

However, the FBI seems inclined to conclude that the perpetrator did not act alone.

What does the 18-year-old’s mother say?

The 18-year-old’s devastated mother, Melissa Dedeaux, 40, told NOLA.com that her daughter was not supposed to be in New Orleans, but decided to travel in secret.

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