A man drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revellers in New Orleans, killing at least 10 people and injuring over 35. The suspect exchanged gunfire with police before fleeing but was later killed. The FBI is investigating the incident as an act of terrorism.
Suspect shot dead after ramming truck into New Year’s revellers in New Orleans , killing 10Police investigators surround the white Ford F-150 pickup truck that crashed into a work lift after allegedly driving into a crowd of New Year’s revellers in the French Quarter of New Orleans , Louisiana, on 1 January 2025. Picture: Matthew HINTON / AFP
“This man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could,” Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told reporters.SA celebrities’ wise words for 2025 as they welcome a new year The New Orleans attack came 10 days after a similar car-ramming assault at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg that killed five and wounded more than 200. In that case, police arrested a Saudi man and said he appeared to be mentally disturbed.
A white truck crashed through a barricade “at a very high rate of speed,” witness Jim Mowrer told CBS News.
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