Chemical used for explosives found in Texas storage locker linked to New Orleans attacker, authorities say Bottles of sulfuric acid were found in a unit northwest of Houston during a search by the FBI and the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

January 7, 2025 , and   

(NBC) A common chemical used for explosives was discovered in a Texas storage locker linked to the Army veteran who killed 14 people and injured more than two dozen others when he plowed into New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.

The bottles of sulfuric acid were discovered in a cooler in a unit northwest of Houston during an overnight search by the FBI and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, officials with the FBI’s Houston field office said.

Sulfuric acid is widely used and commercially available, and it can easily be combined with other chemicals to make explosives. The FBI did not provide additional details about what the attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, may have planned to use the sulfuric acid for.

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