New Orleans attacker approaches busy street in pick-up truck

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1. New Orleans attacker approaches busy street in pick-up truckpublished at 00:15

   00:15

   Footage has emerged of the white pick-up truck used in the attack.

   The CCTV footage shows the white Ford F-150 Lightning pick-up truck moments before it sped down Bourbon Street, in New Orleans' French Quarter, and ploughed into a large crowd of people in the early hours of New Year's Day.

   As we've been reporting, it is believed the attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, rented the electric vehicle via an app called Truro.

   We have removed parts of the footage which appeared to show the truck hitting people.

   00:39

   Media caption,

   CCTV shows pick-up truck in New Orleans before ploughing into crowds

2. Man who rented Tesla Cybertruck identified, CBS reportspublished at 23:53 2 January

   23:53 2 January

   Law enforcement sources have told CBS News, the BBC's US news partner, that the Tesla Cybertruck which exploded outside Trump Towers in Las Vegas was rented to Matthew Alan Livelsberger, an active duty US Army service member.

   Livelsberger had been serving in Germany but was on leave in Colorado at the time of the incident, CBS reported.

   Two relatives of Livelsberger confirmed to CBS he had rented the Cybertruck but were unaware of him having any involvement in the incident.

   One relative said Livelsberger's wife had not heard from him in several days.

   Investigators are still looking at whether the attack in New Orleans is linked to the explosion of the vehicle outside the Trump Hotel. US President Joe Biden said no link has been identified yet.

3. A youthful revelry turned to terror within secondspublished at 23:27 2 January

   23:27 2 January

   Bernd Debusmann Jr
   Reporting from New Orleans

   Image source,Getty Images

   Image caption,

   The attack took place in an extremely busy area full of bars and restaurants

   New Orleans was in full swing in the early morning hours of New Year's Day.

   Revellers were spilling out of bustling bars and packed clubs in the city's French Quarter - an area often referred to as the beating heart of the city's famous nightlife.

   "It was all young kids out. Lots of 19, 20, 21-year-olds," recalled Derrick Albert, a local DJ who plies his trade each night at the corner of Canal and Bourbon streets.

   That intersection is home to a packed tourist hotel, a store selling ice cream and chocolate fudge and restaurants selling oysters and daiquiris in large plastic to-go cups.

   But at about 03:15 local time (09:15 GMT), the youthful revelry turned to terror as a man - identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texas resident and US Army veteran - drove a rental truck at high-speed into a crowd.

   He killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens, some seriously.

   "We heard shots, and saw people running past the window," said Steve Hyde, a British visitor who was at a bar called the Erin Rose, on Conti Street just off Bourbon. "Then the sirens started… I'm heartbroken. I love this city."

   By 03:17 - just two minutes after the attack - New Orleans Police Department officers, already out in force for New Year's Eve, were on the scene and calling for urgent help captured in chaotic radio chatter.