America’s “New Orleans” faced a terrorist attack/”major casualties” in the accident
reported Mehr News Agency According to Anatoly News Agency, the police of the city of New Orleans announced a few hours ago that 10 people were killed and 35 were injured after driving a vehicle into the crowd in this city.
On the other hand, the CNN TV channel reported that emergency officials dispatched to the region described the incident as “major casualties”.
This incident happened at 03:15 midnight local time in downtown New Orleans.
The car driver got out of the car after running over the people and opened fire at the passers-by.
According to ABC News, the White House also released a statement announcing that Joe Biden was present during the attack in New Orleans and had a conversation with the mayor of this city.
The American Federal Police (FBI) officials report that several improvised explosive devices were found at the scene of the incident, and the mayor of this city also said that New Orleans faced a terrorist attack.
According to al-Arabiya, the American media reported: the person suspected of carrying out the attack in New Orleans was killed in an exchange of fire with the security forces and the police.
Ryanousti news agency announced in this regard: The American police in a report described this driver’s action as terrorist and intentional.
Fox News reported earlier: The US Federal Police issued a statement announcing: We are investigating the car accident in New Orleans as a “terrorist act”.
New Orleans Disaster Preparedness Organization announced in this regard that the injured were transferred to nearby hospitals; People have also been warned not to approach the accident site.
Eyewitnesses also said that because of this tragic incident on the first day of 2025, the New Year’s Eve celebration has turned into terror.
22-year-old Kevin Garcia, who witnessed the incident, told CNN: “All I saw was a truck speeding to the left side of the Bourbon sidewalk.” >
