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Thursday, January 2, 2025
Biden says investigators looking for links between New Orleans attack, Las Vegas incident
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleU.S. President Joe Biden says law enforcement is investigating whether there are any links between a New Orleans truck attack that killed 15 people and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel Las Vegas.
“We’re tracking the explosion of a Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas,” Biden says. “Law enforcement and the intelligence community are investigating this as well, including whether there’s any possible connection with the attack in New Orleans.”
Biden adds that the suspect posted videos “indicating that he was inspired by ISIS” hours before the attack.
“The FBI also reported to me that mere hours before the attack he posted videos on social media indicating that he was inspired by ISIS,” Biden says of suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar.
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