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Driver in Ramming Attack Made Trips to New Orleans and Abroad
Shamsud-Din Jabbar visited New Orleans twice, and traveled to Egypt and Canada, before a burst of violence early on New Year's Day that killed 14 people.


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Several crosses adorned with flowers are displayed outside a bar on a street. A person wearing a cowboy hat, with his back turned, is facing one of the crosses.
A makeshift memorial on Canal Street for those who were killed in the attack on Bourbon Street on Jan. 1 in New Orleans.Credit...Emily Kask for The New York Times
By Rick Rojas
Reporting from New Orleans
Jan. 5, 2025

Months before the man behind the New Orleans terror attack plowed a truck into a New Year's Day crowd, he rode through the area on a bicycle, recording videos of his target using eyeglasses with a built-in camera, investigators said on Sunday. He was back again a few weeks later, they said, probably to continue his plotting.

Those details emerged as investigators revealed more about the driver and the extensive planning behind the attack, which killed 14 people, injured many others and left New Orleans starting 2025 grappling with a cascade of anguish and alarm.

Investigators have been pushing to piece together a clear timeline of the attacker's actions. The investiga