US agencies worry New Orleans truck attack may inspire copycats

FILE PHOTO: Debris is left along Bourbon Street after a pickup truck was driven into a large crowd in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. January 1, 2025. Geoff Burke/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies are concerned about copycat vehicle-ramming attacks following the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans by a U.S. Army veteran, according to a U.S. law enforcement intelligence bulletin published on Friday.

The bulletin was issued a day after the FBI said Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texas native, was "100 percent inspired" by the Islamic State militant group to drive a truck into New Year's Day revelers in New Orleans, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens of others.