(CNN) It is the deadliest attack by an ISIS supporter on the West in several years. But still, almost a week later, the group also known as Islamic State has yet to issue its trademark claim of responsibility for the horrific New Year’s violence in New Orleans.
There may be a mundane, technical reason for a delay. Or there could be another explanation: that the group genuinely had no foreknowledge of the attack, and is reluctant to make a false claim.
But many analysts have suggested a lack of foreknowledge has not stopped the group from trying to associate itself with attacks in the past. An extreme example is its brief attempt to claim the October 2017 mass shooting at a Las Vegas festival as its own operation.
