New Orleans Attack: In Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s trailer home, bomb-making materials were found, as well as an open Quran set to a passage glorifying violence and a workbench set up for assembling explosives.
On New Year’s Day, Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a rented truck into Bourbon Street, mowing down revellers, which has been termed an act of terrorism by US federal investigators. Fourteen people have been reported killed and dozens injured as Shamsud-Din Jabbar died in a shootout with police.
The 42-year-old New Orleans terrorist pledged allegiance to ISIS, and his house in North Houston gave insights into a chaotic life. According to the New York Post, bomb-making materials were found in the trailer home along with an open Quran on a passage glorifying violence and a workbench set up for assembling explosives.
The Quran was opened to Verse 9:111, which read: “They fight in Allah’s cause, and slay and are slain; a promise binding.” Similar statements were shared by Shamsud-Din Jabbar when chilling videos were published online just moments before he announced his oath of allegiance to ISIS and dished out some personal threats — including against members of his family.
When the FBI stormed into Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s home, it was a mess; the front door had been kicked down, cabinets flung open, and furniture overturned. There was a keffiyeh in the closet, bomb-making tools on the workbench with clothes and other belongings scattered all over the bedroom.
