Hours before he drove into the Bourbon Street crowd, the New Orleans attacker posted videos declaring he was inspired by the Islamic State group and wanted to kill, President Joe Biden told Americans on Wednesday night, citing the FBI’s briefing.
The New Year’s Day truck rampage in New Orleans was the deadliest vehicle attack in U.S. history, and it followed a pattern security experts have warned about for a decade: a rented vehicle, a crowded street and a target that cannot be fully hardened.
