The attack in New Orleans reveals ISIS’ influence lingers, experts say
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The FBI says the man responsible for the ramming attack in New Orleans that killed at least 14 people, worked alone and executed his plan after being inspired by the terrorist group ISIS.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Army veteran from Houston, was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police following the attack. As he drove from Houston to New Orleans, the FBI says he published videos online proclaiming his support for ISIS.
In them, he said he joined ISIS before the summer of 2024, according to FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia.
This latest attack underscores the continued resonance of ISIS ideology “to people susceptible or amenable to radicalization and recruitment,” even more than a decade after the group was at its height, said Bruce Hoffman, senior fellow for counterterrorism and homeland security at the Council on Foreign Relations.
“Defeating the terrorist group and seizing territory from them and even killing tens of thousands of its fighters, we’re learning tragically now, is still very different from effectively countering an ideology and its continued attraction to individuals,” Hoffman added.
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