The New Orleans Attacker Wore Meta Smart Glasses To Record The Area In Advance, Fbi Says

kniemeyer@insider.com (Kenneth Niemeyer), Business Insider
Sun, 01/05/2025 - 12:42pm

The French Quarter in New Orleans, where a driver intentionally crashed into a crowd of pedestrians on New Year's Day, killing 14 people.Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty ImagesThe New Orleans attacker used Meta glasses to record the area before the massacre, the FBI says.The FBI is investigating the attack as terrorism after police found an ISIS flag in the truck.The FBI also said the man stopped a multiple gun stores in Texas the day before the attack.The Army veteran who attacked a crowd in New Orleans on New Year's Day wore Meta smart glasses to record the area in advance, the FBI said at a press conference on Sunday.Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US citizen from Texas, died in a shootout with police after driving a pickup truck through a crowd of people on Bourbon Street.

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The New Orleans Attacker Wore Meta Smart Glasses To Record The Area In Advance, Fbi Says

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