New Orleans attack: investigators seek more information on ‘known associates’

FBI does not believe suspect was solely responsible, assistant special agent says, after attack that killed 15

Investigators on Thursday were intent on finding out who else may be behind the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day that killed 15 and injured dozens more when a man drove a rented pickup truck into a crowd celebrating on busy Bourbon Street.

The chief suspect, 42-year-old US citizen Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was killed in the attack as he shot at police and was shot to death when law enforcement returned fire.

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