Weekend Jolt: The Threat of Jihadist Terrorism Lives On
Dear Weekend Jolter, New Year's ... WITH AUDREY FAHLBERG January 04 2025 The Threat of Jihadist Terrorism Lives On Dear Weekend Jolter, New Year's celebrations in New Orleans came to a halt in the wee hours of January 1 when news broke that a man had driven a pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street and then opened fire, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens more. The 42-year-old perpetrator, U.S. Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar of Texas, was killed at the scene in a shootout with police, during which he wounded two officers. The FBI said Wednesday that officials are "working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism," walking back a conflicting assessment earlier that day from New Orleans special FBI agent Alethea Duncan, who said that the incident was not considered at the time to be a “terrori...