Truck plows into crowd on Bourbon street New Years Eve

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Here is a political thread in the politics section about this incident: https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/t/political-thread-about-truck-attack-in-new-orleans/3680330

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The same AP News page says that ā€œJabbar [the deceased suspect] joined the Army in 2007, serving on active duty in human resources and information technology and deploying to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010, the service said. He transferred to the Army Reserve in 2015 and left in 2020 with the rank of staff sergeant.ā€

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The fact that there were IEDs both inside & outside of the truck is really scary. It sounds like it could have been much worse, Iā€™m assuming if not for the police presence (and the brave actions of those officers). The possibility of accomplices was mentioned in an article I read. I understand why the football game was postponed.

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He used his GI bill to get a degree in Computer Information Systems.

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I just saw CNN that the cyber truck that exploded outside of the hotel in Las Vegas was also rented through Turo

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And the bombs were built in an AirB&B.

Iā€™m not renting out my property.

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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/01/us/new-orleans-vehicle-crash?unlocked_article_code=1.mE4.E3bH.ZwoXspUCsJCa&smid=url-share

Free link above, regarding the attacker, now dead, and his presumed motivations.

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Question answered. Thanks for the free link @parentologist

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The four ā€œSuspectsā€ that were thought to have planted ā€œPotentialā€ IEDs were random innocent people.

All four were questioned by the authorities. And let go.

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So tired of garbage people.

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Iā€™m mentally exhausted by all of the bad people in the world. I used to believe most people were good and that malevolence was the exception. How naive I was. Our world is a bottomless pit of evil. Yes, there are good people in the world, but right now itā€™s hard to see when everywhere you look you see people willing to be just the worst.

Itā€™s so sick and depressing, really.

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Former Princeton football player killed.

Ex-Princeton football player Tiger Bech killed in New Orleans truck attack - ESPN

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This article will continue to be updated as more information comes to light:

The victims include:

  • An 18-year old who was going to start nursing school this month
  • A 37-year old warehouse manager and father of two, including an 18-month old
  • A 27-year old Princeton grad who worked at a brokerage in NY
  • A 27-year old mom to a 4-year old who had been promoted to manager of a deliā€¦and would leave her house at 5:30AM to be able to get to work on timeā€¦by walking.
  • A 21-year old
  • A 2024 high school graduate who was a freshman at U. of Alabama
  • A 25-year old who was an audiovisual tech at the Superdome
  • A 26-year old who graduated from Auburn in 2023 and worked for Honda
  • A 25-year old account exec who lived in New York

Other articles have indicated that there were two Israeli citizens killed as well as an unknown number of Mexican citizens.

Every victimā€™s death is a loss to our society and to their families. May the victims rest in peace and power, and may our society figure out a way to never have such tragedies occur again.

ETA: Updated with additional details of victims who were killed.

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I think that there are two critically injured Israelis, but no Israelis reported killed.

So horribly sad. Young lives cut down, all for a murderous ideology.

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