UPDATE: FBI releases statement on ISIS flag amid New Orleans terror attack [VIDEO]

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The FBI has released a statement providing more details on the horrific terror attack that occurred in the French Quarter of New Orleans early Wednesday morning, as thousands of people were celebrating the new year.

The FBI also confirmed that the driver of the pickup truck that plowed into the crowd did have an ISIS flag attached to the truck.

The FBI is investigating the attack as terrorism.

Below is the FBI’s full statement:

Today, at approximately 3:15 a.m. CST, an individual drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 10 and injuring dozens of others. After hitting the crowd, he exited the vehicle and fired upon local law enforcement. Law enforcement returned fire, and the subject was pronounced deceased at the scene. Two law enforcement officers were injured and transported to a local hospital.

The subject has been identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas. He was driving a Ford pickup truck, which appears to have been rented, and we are working to confirm how the subject came into possession of the vehicle.

An ISIS flag was located in the vehicle, and the FBI is working to determine the subject’s potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations.

Weapons and a potential IED were located in the subject’s vehicle. Other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter. The FBI’s special agent bomb technicians are working with our law enforcement partners to determine if any of these devices are viable, and they will work to render those devices safe.

The FBI is the lead investigative agency, and we are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism. We are aggressively running down all leads to identify any possible associates of the subject.

The FBI has set up a digital tip line, and we ask anyone with information or video of the incident to submit them to www.fbi.gov/bourbonstreetattack or call 1-800-CALL-FBI.

Pro-ISIS media outlets had called on Muslims living in the U.S. and Europe to conduct attacks on New Year’s Eve,” Fox News reported.

“We do not believe Jabbar was solely responsible,” an FBI spokesperson said in a press conference, explaining that they are looking into every lead about his known associates.

From the Daily Mail: Truck used in attack owned by Houston man
The truck used in the attack, a white Ford F-150 Lightning electric vehicle, is owned by Rodrigo Diaz, per ABC News.

Diaz apparently rented out the truck on the rental app Turo. His wife Dora Diaz told ABC they are ‘devastated’ and had no idea the truck would be used for a terrorist attack.

‘My husband rents cars through the Turo app. I can’t tell you anything else. I’m here with my kids, and this is devastating,’ Diaz said.

MULTIPLE OTHER SUSPECTS INVOLVED

Fox News host Griff Jenkins announced, “There are at least four or five other suspects involved.”

Jenkins also quoted authorities as saying one of the weapons was stolen from New Jersey.

Journalist Andy Ngo shared the following details:

The New York Post has obtained an ID photo of New Orleans terror suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar. I’ve investigated further and found more photos of him.

The 42-year-old Texas divorcee and father is a U.S. Army veteran who was an information technology specialist at one point.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the New Orleans terror suspect, was selling firearms online. He listed his location as being in Houston, Texas.

Authorities say he used a firearm in the truck ramming attack that killed at least 10 people. He was shot dead by responding police in a shootout.

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