(NBC) An ISIS flag allegedly found in the truck that Shamsud-Din Jabbar used in the lethal car-ramming attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year’s Day highlights the persistent danger posed by the terrorist group, which continues to churn out online propaganda to try to foment violence around the world, experts and U.S. officials say.
The Islamic State’s exact role in the attack remains unclear. But the discovery of the flag, as well as two possible improvised explosive devices in the area, prompted federal authorities to investigate the suspect’s possible links with ISIS, law enforcement officials said. President Joe Biden said Wednesday evening that the FBI told him Jabbar had published videos “indicating that he was inspired by ISIS.”
