United States of America

[Schneemann]

In den USA kam es zu zwei Anschlägen, darunter einen sehr schweren in New Orleans, wo ein Pick-Up in eine Neujahrsfeierlichkeit in der Bourbon Street hineinfuhr. Insgesamt 15 Personen kamen ums Leben, der Täter wurde erschossen. Das FBI geht mutmaßlich von einem islamistischen Anschlag aus.

Zugleich wird auch hier über Behördenversagen gesprochen, da anscheinend die Zugänge nicht ausreichend abgesichert wurden. Auf Videos im verlinkten CNN-Artikel ist zu sehen, wie der Wagen des Täters um einen Streifenwagen herumlenken und dann in den Markt hineinrasen konnte...

A visual timeline of the New Year’s attack that left at least 15 dead in New Orleans [...]

New Orleans’ famed Bourbon Street devolved into a grisly crime scene just hours into the new year as a driver plowed a pickup truck through crowds of holiday revelers, killng at least 15 people and injuring dozens of others in what the FBI is investigating as a possible act of terrorism.

“This man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could,” said New Orleans police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick. She added, “He was hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did.” The suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was killed in a shootout with police, according to the New Orleans Police Department. [...]

At the intersection, the truck makes a sharp right onto the sidewalk, skirting a wall of police cars and other barriers that had been blocking cars from entering Bourbon Street and plowing into a group of people who had been standing on the corner. [...]

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/02/us/ti...index.html

Ferner gab es noch einen seltsamen Vorfall mit einem Cybertruck in Las Vegas, der vor dem Trump-Hotel in Flammen aufging, anscheinend nachdem ein Sprengsatz im Wagen gezündet worden war (der Täter starb dabei wohl im Wagen). Anscheinend wurde der Wagen beim gleichen Vermieter per App angemietet wie der Tatwagen in New Orleans, weswegen aktuell wohl noch nach einer möglichen Verbindung gesucht wird.

1 dead, 7 injured after Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas: Police

Las Vegas police said the fire was out and that it was investigating the incident [...]

According to a social media post from the police department, a vehicle fire happened at the entrance to the hotel. Clark County Fire Department Deputy Chief Thomas Touchstone said crews, along with the Las Vegas police and Las Vegas Fire and Rescue, responded to the scene about four minutes after receiving reports of a fire at the hotel. [...] He also said one person died inside the Cybertruck, though details about the person were not provided. The vehicle has been fully extinguished, and according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Chief Kevin McMahill, the scene is safe. [...]

The truck driven into a crowd on Bourbon Street early Wednesday morning was also a rented vehicle. Both trucks, officials say, were rented using the peer-to-peer car rental app, Turo.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/las-vegas-pol...ers-report

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