NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police say a man who drove a pickup truck at high speed into a crowd of people celebrating the new year in New Orleans early Wednesday was hell-bent on creating carnage. While a motive for the attack that killed 15 people has yet to be revealed, the FBI is investigating it as a terrorist act.
Several such attacks have taken place over the past two decades, some inspired by extremist politics and others blamed on mental illness or misogyny.
What authorities call “vehicle as a weapon attacks” have reshaped cities around the world, with planners erecting concrete barriers around public spaces and building anti-vehicle obstacles in new
→ Continue reading at The Associated Press
