The USA is once again sinking into the nightmare of terrorism. TO New Orleans 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar knocked down dozens of passers-by on Bourbon Street, then shot wildly until the police intervened. An ISIS flag was found in his car, a clue that leaves little doubt about the nature of the attack. Toll of at least 15 deaths. TO Las VegasHowever, a Tesla Cybertruck exploded in front of the Trump Hotel, in the parking area, causing the death of one person, the driver of the vehicle. The explosion started a fire near the building, which was put out by firefighters. But not only that.
The US authorities are investigating any connections between the two terrorist attacks, because there is no shortage of links. The man driving the pickup truck that exploded in Las Vegas was named Matthew Alan Livelsberger and was an American soldier who had served in Germany and was on vacation in Colorado at the time of the accident. The New Orleans attacker, however, boasted a long career in the army, lasting at least ten years. “We believe he was honorably discharged,” said Alethea Duncan, an FBI spokeswoman. A common military past, but in reality the thread is much more substantial: as reported by the broadcaster Denver 7, the two attackers would have served in the same military base.
There’s more. Both the New Orleans and Las Vegas attackers rented the vehicle through the app Turo – American peer-to-peer car sharing company based in San Francisco – and in both attacks the cars – both electric, another possible clue – were used for criminal purposes, not just as a simple means of transport. The confirmation came directly from Elon Musk: “Both this Cybertruck and the F-150 used in the suicide attack in New Orleans were rented by Turo. Maybe they are connected in some way.”
US President Joe Biden highlighted that the authorities are investigating “every possible connection” between the two events: “But no one should draw hasty conclusions. Law enforcement and the intelligence community are also investigating this, including a possible connection to the New Orleans attack. “For now there is nothing to report on the matter,” he added. And there are fears about one possible network. Investigators are certain of the involvement of other people in the attack in New Orleans: video surveillance cameras trapped four people – three men and a woman – while they planted bombs in the area of the attack. Authorities are “executing a series of court-authorized search warrants in New Orleans and other states” and investigating his “potential associations and affiliations” with terrorist organizations.
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