New Orleans Terrorist Attack
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Wrong terrorist organization and conflict.
ISIS is more of a New World Order kind of terrorist organization. ISIS mantra: Be Islamic or be prepared to give up your head.
In comparison, Hamas and Hezbollah are minions of Iran.
In either case, they'd have you and your smart mouth under a burka in a hurry, that's for sure.
You are right. Islamic Terrorism doesn't care what religion you are; everyone except the zealots are expendable.
Mounties, Peel police probing New Orleans attacker's time in Ontario
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published Jan 05, 2025 • Last updated 21 hours ago • 2 minute read
The RCMP has confirmed it is working with the FBI and others to determine just what the deadly New Orleans truck attack terrorist did when he was in Ontario in 2023 and who he may have visited after landing here after a flight from Cairo.
“The RCMP is engaged with security partners, including U.S. authorities, as part of the investigation in this case,” RCMP spokesperson Kristine Kelly told the Toronto Sun. “The RCMP will not be providing additional details at this time as the investigation is ongoing.”
Peel Regional Police deputy chief Nick Milinovich also confirmed they are looking into it and “will offer any support needed to assist with this investigation.”
The shocking information that mass-murderer Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who was shot to death by police after the attack, was in Ontario from July 10 to July 13, 2023, has raised many questions for Canadian authorities.
FBI special agent Lyonel Myrthil told reporters in Louisiana on Sunday that the 42-year-old man responsible for 14 deaths on Bourbon St. on New Year’s Day in New Orleans had travelled by air to Cairo in June 2023 before stopping over in Ontario on his way back to the United States.
How did Shamsud-Din Jabbar go from serving under the American flag, to murdering 10 people under the ISIS flag?
The pickup truck that Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove into a crowd on Bourbon St. in New Orleans, killing and injuring a number of people, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. The FBI said they recovered an Islamic State flag, which is black with white lettering, from the vehicle.
“Our agents are getting answers as to where he went, who met with and how those trips may or may not tie into his actions in our city here in New Orleans,” said Myrthil.
One obvious place to start any probe would be to see if there is any connection to those charged with an allegedly “serious, violent terror attack” that was foiled. The RCMP told the Toronto Sun‘s Brad Hunter the plot was in the “advanced stages” and about to occur in Toronto.
Mostafa Eldidi and his father, Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, were arrested in a Richmond Hill hotel and charged with terrorism offences. They are considered innocent until proven guilty and their case has not yet been tested in court. There is also no connection that has been established between that case and this one.
However, reports that the 26-year-old son lived previously in Cairo offers a starting point for Canadian law enforcement. There are also daily flights from Pearson International Airport to Cairo.
Peel police, who handles security at the airport, are doing a deep dive to confirm if this suspect landed at Pearson and plan to investigate where he went once leaving the airport.
Meir Weinstein of Israel Now said “it is appreciated to learn the RCMP and Peel police are probing it because we need to know where this man was during those three days in July and who he was with.”
Richard Robertson, director of research and advocacy for B’nai Brith Canada, said “we are relieved the RCMP and Peel police are looking into Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s trip to Ontario and our organization is awaiting the results of the investigation.”
One thing that jumps out is who did Jabbar meet in Cairo and were those contacts in touch with anybody in Ontario?
There’s also great interest in the man’s military background and if there was any crossover with Canadian military personal who served for two decades in Afghanistan.
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published Jan 05, 2025 • Last updated 21 hours ago • 2 minute read
The RCMP has confirmed it is working with the FBI and others to determine just what the deadly New Orleans truck attack terrorist did when he was in Ontario in 2023 and who he may have visited after landing here after a flight from Cairo.
“The RCMP is engaged with security partners, including U.S. authorities, as part of the investigation in this case,” RCMP spokesperson Kristine Kelly told the Toronto Sun. “The RCMP will not be providing additional details at this time as the investigation is ongoing.”
Peel Regional Police deputy chief Nick Milinovich also confirmed they are looking into it and “will offer any support needed to assist with this investigation.”
The shocking information that mass-murderer Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who was shot to death by police after the attack, was in Ontario from July 10 to July 13, 2023, has raised many questions for Canadian authorities.
FBI special agent Lyonel Myrthil told reporters in Louisiana on Sunday that the 42-year-old man responsible for 14 deaths on Bourbon St. on New Year’s Day in New Orleans had travelled by air to Cairo in June 2023 before stopping over in Ontario on his way back to the United States.
How did Shamsud-Din Jabbar go from serving under the American flag, to murdering 10 people under the ISIS flag?
The pickup truck that Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove into a crowd on Bourbon St. in New Orleans, killing and injuring a number of people, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. The FBI said they recovered an Islamic State flag, which is black with white lettering, from the vehicle.
“Our agents are getting answers as to where he went, who met with and how those trips may or may not tie into his actions in our city here in New Orleans,” said Myrthil.
One obvious place to start any probe would be to see if there is any connection to those charged with an allegedly “serious, violent terror attack” that was foiled. The RCMP told the Toronto Sun‘s Brad Hunter the plot was in the “advanced stages” and about to occur in Toronto.
Mostafa Eldidi and his father, Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, were arrested in a Richmond Hill hotel and charged with terrorism offences. They are considered innocent until proven guilty and their case has not yet been tested in court. There is also no connection that has been established between that case and this one.
However, reports that the 26-year-old son lived previously in Cairo offers a starting point for Canadian law enforcement. There are also daily flights from Pearson International Airport to Cairo.
Peel police, who handles security at the airport, are doing a deep dive to confirm if this suspect landed at Pearson and plan to investigate where he went once leaving the airport.
Meir Weinstein of Israel Now said “it is appreciated to learn the RCMP and Peel police are probing it because we need to know where this man was during those three days in July and who he was with.”
Richard Robertson, director of research and advocacy for B’nai Brith Canada, said “we are relieved the RCMP and Peel police are looking into Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s trip to Ontario and our organization is awaiting the results of the investigation.”
One thing that jumps out is who did Jabbar meet in Cairo and were those contacts in touch with anybody in Ontario?
There’s also great interest in the man’s military background and if there was any crossover with Canadian military personal who served for two decades in Afghanistan.
WARMINGTON: Mounties, Peel police probing New Orleans attacker's time in Ontario
The RCMP has confirmed it is working with the FBI and others to determine just what Shamsud-Din Jabbar did when he was in Ontario in 2023.
FBI probing New Orleans truck attacker’s travel, including 2023 trip to Ontario
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Darryl Greer
Published Jan 05, 2025 • Last updated 1 day ago • 1 minute read
Public Safety Minister David McGuinty says the Canada Border Services Agency has confirmed that the man behind the deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans travelled to Ontario in July 2023.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation says it’s investigating the movements of Shamsud-Din Jabbar in the lead-up to the New Year’s truck attack that killed 14 people, revealing Sunday that Jabbar travelled to Ontario for a few days in 2023.
A statement from McGuinty on Sunday says Canada’s border agency confirmed that Jabbar travelled to Canada from Houston, Texas for four days before returning to the U.S in 2023.
FBI special agent Lyonel Myrthil says the investigation is now “crossing state and international borders,” as law enforcement pieces together Jabbar’s pre-attack movements.
Myrthil says Jabbar was in Cairo, Egypt for about two weeks in late June and early July 2023, and flew to Ontario on July 10 before returning to the U.S. on July 13.
He says agents are trying to figure out where he went on his travels and who he may have met during the trips, and whether his travels had any links to the deadly attack in New Orleans’ famed tourist destination.
The bureau revealed that Jabbar visited New Orleans in October and November for unknown reasons, and went to “multiple gun stores” in Texas before travelling to Louisiana on New Year’s Eve.
McGuinty said Sunday that he encourages “anyone who may have come into contact with the attacker and who may have information pertinent to the FBI’s investigation to reach out to the appropriate law enforcement authorities.”
“Canadian authorities will continue to work with their American counterparts, including the FBI, as they pursue their investigation,” McGuinty’s statement said.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Ontario Provincial Police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service did not immediately respond to requests for comment about Jabbar’s 2023 travels to Canada.
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Darryl Greer
Published Jan 05, 2025 • Last updated 1 day ago • 1 minute read
Public Safety Minister David McGuinty says the Canada Border Services Agency has confirmed that the man behind the deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans travelled to Ontario in July 2023.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation says it’s investigating the movements of Shamsud-Din Jabbar in the lead-up to the New Year’s truck attack that killed 14 people, revealing Sunday that Jabbar travelled to Ontario for a few days in 2023.
A statement from McGuinty on Sunday says Canada’s border agency confirmed that Jabbar travelled to Canada from Houston, Texas for four days before returning to the U.S in 2023.
FBI special agent Lyonel Myrthil says the investigation is now “crossing state and international borders,” as law enforcement pieces together Jabbar’s pre-attack movements.
Myrthil says Jabbar was in Cairo, Egypt for about two weeks in late June and early July 2023, and flew to Ontario on July 10 before returning to the U.S. on July 13.
He says agents are trying to figure out where he went on his travels and who he may have met during the trips, and whether his travels had any links to the deadly attack in New Orleans’ famed tourist destination.
The bureau revealed that Jabbar visited New Orleans in October and November for unknown reasons, and went to “multiple gun stores” in Texas before travelling to Louisiana on New Year’s Eve.
McGuinty said Sunday that he encourages “anyone who may have come into contact with the attacker and who may have information pertinent to the FBI’s investigation to reach out to the appropriate law enforcement authorities.”
“Canadian authorities will continue to work with their American counterparts, including the FBI, as they pursue their investigation,” McGuinty’s statement said.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Ontario Provincial Police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service did not immediately respond to requests for comment about Jabbar’s 2023 travels to Canada.
FBI probing New Orleans truck attacker’s travel, including 2023 trip to Ontario
Myrthil says Jabbar was in Cairo, Egypt for about two weeks and flew to Ontario before returning to the U.S. three days later.
Mounties, Peel police probing New Orleans attacker's time in Ontario
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published Jan 05, 2025 • Last updated 21 hours ago • 2 minute read
The RCMP has confirmed it is working with the FBI and others to determine just what the deadly New Orleans truck attack terrorist did when he was in Ontario in 2023 and who he may have visited after landing here after a flight from Cairo.
“The RCMP is engaged with security partners, including U.S. authorities, as part of the investigation in this case,” RCMP spokesperson Kristine Kelly told the Toronto Sun. “The RCMP will not be providing additional details at this time as the investigation is ongoing.”
Peel Regional Police deputy chief Nick Milinovich also confirmed they are looking into it and “will offer any support needed to assist with this investigation.”
The shocking information that mass-murderer Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who was shot to death by police after the attack, was in Ontario from July 10 to July 13, 2023, has raised many questions for Canadian authorities.
FBI special agent Lyonel Myrthil told reporters in Louisiana on Sunday that the 42-year-old man responsible for 14 deaths on Bourbon St. on New Year’s Day in New Orleans had travelled by air to Cairo in June 2023 before stopping over in Ontario on his way back to the United States.
How did Shamsud-Din Jabbar go from serving under the American flag, to murdering 10 people under the ISIS flag?
The pickup truck that Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove into a crowd on Bourbon St. in New Orleans, killing and injuring a number of people, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. The FBI said they recovered an Islamic State flag, which is black with white lettering, from the vehicle.
“Our agents are getting answers as to where he went, who met with and how those trips may or may not tie into his actions in our city here in New Orleans,” said Myrthil.
One obvious place to start any probe would be to see if there is any connection to those charged with an allegedly “serious, violent terror attack” that was foiled. The RCMP told the Toronto Sun‘s Brad Hunter the plot was in the “advanced stages” and about to occur in Toronto.
Mostafa Eldidi and his father, Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, were arrested in a Richmond Hill hotel and charged with terrorism offences. They are considered innocent until proven guilty and their case has not yet been tested in court. There is also no connection that has been established between that case and this one.
However, reports that the 26-year-old son lived previously in Cairo offers a starting point for Canadian law enforcement. There are also daily flights from Pearson International Airport to Cairo.
Peel police, who handles security at the airport, are doing a deep dive to confirm if this suspect landed at Pearson and plan to investigate where he went once leaving the airport.
Meir Weinstein of Israel Now said “it is appreciated to learn the RCMP and Peel police are probing it because we need to know where this man was during those three days in July and who he was with.”
Richard Robertson, director of research and advocacy for B’nai Brith Canada, said “we are relieved the RCMP and Peel police are looking into Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s trip to Ontario and our organization is awaiting the results of the investigation.”
One thing that jumps out is who did Jabbar meet in Cairo and were those contacts in touch with anybody in Ontario?
There’s also great interest in the man’s military background and if there was any crossover with Canadian military personal who served for two decades in Afghanistan.
WARMINGTON: Mounties, Peel police probing New Orleans attacker's time in Ontario
The RCMP has confirmed it is working with the FBI and others to determine just what Shamsud-Din Jabbar did when he was in Ontario in 2023.
im sure theres nothing to worry about.FBI probing New Orleans truck attacker’s travel, including 2023 trip to Ontario
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Darryl Greer
Published Jan 05, 2025 • Last updated 1 day ago • 1 minute read
Public Safety Minister David McGuinty says the Canada Border Services Agency has confirmed that the man behind the deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans travelled to Ontario in July 2023.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation says it’s investigating the movements of Shamsud-Din Jabbar in the lead-up to the New Year’s truck attack that killed 14 people, revealing Sunday that Jabbar travelled to Ontario for a few days in 2023.
A statement from McGuinty on Sunday says Canada’s border agency confirmed that Jabbar travelled to Canada from Houston, Texas for four days before returning to the U.S in 2023.
FBI special agent Lyonel Myrthil says the investigation is now “crossing state and international borders,” as law enforcement pieces together Jabbar’s pre-attack movements.
Myrthil says Jabbar was in Cairo, Egypt for about two weeks in late June and early July 2023, and flew to Ontario on July 10 before returning to the U.S. on July 13.
He says agents are trying to figure out where he went on his travels and who he may have met during the trips, and whether his travels had any links to the deadly attack in New Orleans’ famed tourist destination.
The bureau revealed that Jabbar visited New Orleans in October and November for unknown reasons, and went to “multiple gun stores” in Texas before travelling to Louisiana on New Year’s Eve.
McGuinty said Sunday that he encourages “anyone who may have come into contact with the attacker and who may have information pertinent to the FBI’s investigation to reach out to the appropriate law enforcement authorities.”
“Canadian authorities will continue to work with their American counterparts, including the FBI, as they pursue their investigation,” McGuinty’s statement said.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Ontario Provincial Police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service did not immediately respond to requests for comment about Jabbar’s 2023 travels to Canada.
FBI probing New Orleans truck attacker’s travel, including 2023 trip to Ontario
Myrthil says Jabbar was in Cairo, Egypt for about two weeks and flew to Ontario before returning to the U.S. three days later.
Complete hack job. The truck was a full jug of racing gas and sever gallon cans of campstove gas thats the fireworks that were packed in the truck didnt even damage when set off.. Campstove gas is low vapour high flash point. WTF is there to worry about?im sure theres nothing to worry about.
Lawsuit by New Orleans truck attack victims says city, contractors failed to implement safety system
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Martha Bellisle
Published Jan 09, 2025 • 3 minute read
Six people who were injured and the father of a man who was killed in the New Year’s truck attack filed a lawsuit Thursday against the City of New Orleans and two contractors, claiming they failed to protect revelers from an Army veteran who sped around a police blockade and raced down Bourbon Street, killing 14 people and injuring at least 30.
The attack by Shamsud-Din Jabbar was tragic but preventable, leaving the six victims with broken bones, physical suffering and mental anguish and killing Brandon Taylor, according to the lawsuit filed in Orleans Parish Civil District Court by Matthew Hemmer with the Morris Bart Law Firm. Jabbar was killed in a shootout with police.
The plaintiffs, who are seeking unspecified damages, include Alexis Windham, who suffered impact and gunshot injuries to her foot, and Corian Evans, Jalen Lilly, Justin Brown, Shara Frison and Gregory Townsend, who suffered broken bones and other injuries. They were joined by Brandon Taylor’s father, Joseph. Windham, Evans, Lilly and Brown are from Alabama while Frison and Townsend are from Missouri.
Taylor, 43, worked as a restaurant cook in the New Orleans area and loved music, especially rap. He leaves behind his fiancee, who was with him when he was killed, and his father.
Email and phone messages left with the City of New Orleans, Mayor LaToya Cantrell, and contractors Mott MacDonald and Hard Rock Construction seeking comment on the lawsuit were not immediately returned.
Incidents of vehicles driving into crowds started increasing after 2016, when 86 people were killed on Bastille Day in Nice, France, the lawsuit said. New Orleans sought advice on the risk of this type of attack in the French Quarter and invested $40 million in public safety improvement projects, including acquiring portable bollards — protective columns designed to block vehicle traffic _to keep cars off Bourbon Street.
However, the bollards were often disabled when the tracks they move on got clogged with beads, drink containers, rainwater and other fluids, the lawsuit said. A 2019 report by New York firm Interfor International said the French Quarter was at risk for a vehicular attack, adding “the current bollard system on Bourbon Street does not appear to work” and should be fixed immediately.
An April 2024 report by Mott MacDonald, a design firm hired for roadway projects, included the possibility of a Ford F-150 truck turning on to Bourbon Street, which is what happened on New Year’s Day, but the company’s bollard replacement project did not include fixed bollards in the French Quarter, the lawsuit said.
Construction on the safety updates began in November, but work on Canal Street didn’t begin until Dec. 19 and construction was ongoing on Jan. 1, when the attack occurred, the suit said. Authorities have said Jabbar drove an F-150 pickup truck onto a sidewalk around a police car blockading the Canal Street entrance to Bourbon Street.
“Appropriate barriers, temporary or otherwise, were not erected in the construction site,” the lawsuit said. “As a result, the intersection had the appearance of a soft target. Upon initial penetration, Mr. Jabbar was able to travel approximately three blocks down Bourbon Street.”
The contractors and the city failed to implement an effective system for deterring such a threat, the suit said.
Two other law firms announced Wednesda y that they represent nearly two dozen victims of the attack and are conducting their own investigation, stating “officials were tragically aware and did not protect the public.”
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Martha Bellisle
Published Jan 09, 2025 • 3 minute read
Six people who were injured and the father of a man who was killed in the New Year’s truck attack filed a lawsuit Thursday against the City of New Orleans and two contractors, claiming they failed to protect revelers from an Army veteran who sped around a police blockade and raced down Bourbon Street, killing 14 people and injuring at least 30.
The attack by Shamsud-Din Jabbar was tragic but preventable, leaving the six victims with broken bones, physical suffering and mental anguish and killing Brandon Taylor, according to the lawsuit filed in Orleans Parish Civil District Court by Matthew Hemmer with the Morris Bart Law Firm. Jabbar was killed in a shootout with police.
The plaintiffs, who are seeking unspecified damages, include Alexis Windham, who suffered impact and gunshot injuries to her foot, and Corian Evans, Jalen Lilly, Justin Brown, Shara Frison and Gregory Townsend, who suffered broken bones and other injuries. They were joined by Brandon Taylor’s father, Joseph. Windham, Evans, Lilly and Brown are from Alabama while Frison and Townsend are from Missouri.
Taylor, 43, worked as a restaurant cook in the New Orleans area and loved music, especially rap. He leaves behind his fiancee, who was with him when he was killed, and his father.
Email and phone messages left with the City of New Orleans, Mayor LaToya Cantrell, and contractors Mott MacDonald and Hard Rock Construction seeking comment on the lawsuit were not immediately returned.
Incidents of vehicles driving into crowds started increasing after 2016, when 86 people were killed on Bastille Day in Nice, France, the lawsuit said. New Orleans sought advice on the risk of this type of attack in the French Quarter and invested $40 million in public safety improvement projects, including acquiring portable bollards — protective columns designed to block vehicle traffic _to keep cars off Bourbon Street.
However, the bollards were often disabled when the tracks they move on got clogged with beads, drink containers, rainwater and other fluids, the lawsuit said. A 2019 report by New York firm Interfor International said the French Quarter was at risk for a vehicular attack, adding “the current bollard system on Bourbon Street does not appear to work” and should be fixed immediately.
An April 2024 report by Mott MacDonald, a design firm hired for roadway projects, included the possibility of a Ford F-150 truck turning on to Bourbon Street, which is what happened on New Year’s Day, but the company’s bollard replacement project did not include fixed bollards in the French Quarter, the lawsuit said.
Construction on the safety updates began in November, but work on Canal Street didn’t begin until Dec. 19 and construction was ongoing on Jan. 1, when the attack occurred, the suit said. Authorities have said Jabbar drove an F-150 pickup truck onto a sidewalk around a police car blockading the Canal Street entrance to Bourbon Street.
“Appropriate barriers, temporary or otherwise, were not erected in the construction site,” the lawsuit said. “As a result, the intersection had the appearance of a soft target. Upon initial penetration, Mr. Jabbar was able to travel approximately three blocks down Bourbon Street.”
The contractors and the city failed to implement an effective system for deterring such a threat, the suit said.
Two other law firms announced Wednesda y that they represent nearly two dozen victims of the attack and are conducting their own investigation, stating “officials were tragically aware and did not protect the public.”
Lawsuit by New Orleans truck attack victims says city, contractors failed to implement safety system
Six people who were injured and the father of a man who was killed in the New Year's truck attack filed a lawsuit against New Orleans
How New Orleans failed to protect Bourbon Street from attack, block by block
"Would be vehicle borne attackers could just as easily move - or drive straight through - these barricades," the report said.
Minneapolis man charged with trying to join Islamic State group
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Steve Karnowski
Published Feb 28, 2025 • 2 minute read
New-Orleans-Car-Into-Crowd
A black flag with white lettering lies on the ground rolled up behind a pickup truck that a man drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing and injuring a number of people, early Wednesday morning, Jan. 1, 2025. The FBI said they recovered an Islamic State group flag, which is black with white lettering, from the vehicle.
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis man who allegedly expressed admiration for the truck attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people has been accused of trying to join the Islamic State group, federal prosecutors announced Friday.
Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 22, made his first court appearance on a charge of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He was ordered held without bail until a detention hearing March 5.
The chief federal defender for Minnesota, Katherian Roe, said her office will represent him but declined to comment on the case.
The criminal complaint against Hassan, a naturalized U.S. citizen, alleges that he tried twice in December to travel from Minnesota to Somalia to join the group but did not succeed. It says he claimed he was going to visit family but had none there.
Prosecutors said the FBI’s investigation established that Hassan expressed public support for the group in multiple posts on social media and also praised Shamsud-Din Jabbar on TikTok over the New Orleans attack.
Investigators say Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texas native and U.S. Army veteran, posted videos professing allegiance to the Islamic State group and an intent to harm others before he plowed a pickup through a crowd of New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street on Jan. 1. Police fatally shot him during an exchange of gunfire at the scene.
Hassan also allegedly posted a video last week, of himself driving while holding an Islamic State group flag inside his vehicle. The FBI said it also observed him driving with the flag Wednesday. He was arrested on Thursday.
The charging documents also say police in New York notified the FBI last May that Hassan had made social media posts in support of the Somali group al-Shabab. An affidavit from an agent says investigators spotted al-Shabab and Islamic State group propaganda videos on his TikTok and Facebook accounts. It also alleges that he exchanged messages with a Facebook account that encourages Somali-speaking individuals to travel and fight on behalf of the Islamic State group.
FBI agents were watching when Hassan went to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Dec. 13, authorities say. He allegedly tried to check in for a flight to Somalia but left after an airline employee told him he lacked required travel documents.
He allegedly tried again Dec. 29. Agents saw him board a flight to Chicago, where Customs and Border Protection officers interviewed him extensively before his scheduled flight to Ethiopia but did not detain him. He missed the flight and returned to Minneapolis, the affidavit says.
Hassan is the latest of several Minnesotans suspected of leaving or trying to leave the U.S. to join the Islamic State group in recent years, along with thousands of fighters from other countries. In 2016 nine Minnesota men were sentenced on federal charges of conspiring to join the group, and a Minnesotan who actually fought for the group in Iraq was sentenced last June to 10 years in prison.
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Steve Karnowski
Published Feb 28, 2025 • 2 minute read
New-Orleans-Car-Into-Crowd
A black flag with white lettering lies on the ground rolled up behind a pickup truck that a man drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing and injuring a number of people, early Wednesday morning, Jan. 1, 2025. The FBI said they recovered an Islamic State group flag, which is black with white lettering, from the vehicle.
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis man who allegedly expressed admiration for the truck attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people has been accused of trying to join the Islamic State group, federal prosecutors announced Friday.
Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 22, made his first court appearance on a charge of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He was ordered held without bail until a detention hearing March 5.
The chief federal defender for Minnesota, Katherian Roe, said her office will represent him but declined to comment on the case.
The criminal complaint against Hassan, a naturalized U.S. citizen, alleges that he tried twice in December to travel from Minnesota to Somalia to join the group but did not succeed. It says he claimed he was going to visit family but had none there.
Prosecutors said the FBI’s investigation established that Hassan expressed public support for the group in multiple posts on social media and also praised Shamsud-Din Jabbar on TikTok over the New Orleans attack.
Investigators say Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texas native and U.S. Army veteran, posted videos professing allegiance to the Islamic State group and an intent to harm others before he plowed a pickup through a crowd of New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street on Jan. 1. Police fatally shot him during an exchange of gunfire at the scene.
Hassan also allegedly posted a video last week, of himself driving while holding an Islamic State group flag inside his vehicle. The FBI said it also observed him driving with the flag Wednesday. He was arrested on Thursday.
The charging documents also say police in New York notified the FBI last May that Hassan had made social media posts in support of the Somali group al-Shabab. An affidavit from an agent says investigators spotted al-Shabab and Islamic State group propaganda videos on his TikTok and Facebook accounts. It also alleges that he exchanged messages with a Facebook account that encourages Somali-speaking individuals to travel and fight on behalf of the Islamic State group.
FBI agents were watching when Hassan went to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Dec. 13, authorities say. He allegedly tried to check in for a flight to Somalia but left after an airline employee told him he lacked required travel documents.
He allegedly tried again Dec. 29. Agents saw him board a flight to Chicago, where Customs and Border Protection officers interviewed him extensively before his scheduled flight to Ethiopia but did not detain him. He missed the flight and returned to Minneapolis, the affidavit says.
Hassan is the latest of several Minnesotans suspected of leaving or trying to leave the U.S. to join the Islamic State group in recent years, along with thousands of fighters from other countries. In 2016 nine Minnesota men were sentenced on federal charges of conspiring to join the group, and a Minnesotan who actually fought for the group in Iraq was sentenced last June to 10 years in prison.
Minneapolis man charged with trying to join Islamic State group
A Minneapolis man who allegedly expressed admiration for the truck attack in New Orleans has been accused of trying to join Islamic State