An alleged ISIS terrorist has been arrested in connection with the Jan. 1 Bourbon Street car attack that killed 14 people in Louisiana, according to Iraqi officials.
The suspect is accused of inciting Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, to carry out the attack, which also left dozens injured on the famed New Orleans street at the heigh of New Year’s Eve celebrations.
The suspect is “a member of the external operations office of the Daesh terrorist organization,” the Iraqi supreme court said, according to Nola.com.
Jabbar, a Muslim and US Army veteran, was believed to have been radicalized by ISIS before he rammed a rented Ford F-150 Lightning truck through the crowded street and fired an assault rifle at revelers.
He was killed by cops shortly after carrying out the attack.
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