wets local media reports the sugar bowl college football game has been postponed following the attack. that has been confirmed at a news conference in the last few minutes. hello, iam hello, i am annita mcveigh. the man suspected of carrying out an attack on new years revellers in new orleans did not carry out the attack alone, the fbi has said. a flag of the group, calling itself islamic state group, was found in the pick—up truck which the suspect drove into a crowd of people. the fbi has confirmed the suspect, named as 42—year—old shamsud dinjabbar, a us military veteran, was shot dead at the scene after exchanging fire with law enforcement. ten people have been killed after the truck hit crowds of new year revellers in the city.

at least 35 others were injured. local police say the driver tried to run over as many people as possible. two officers were wounded and being treated in hospital. they are in a stable condition. in these images shared by earthcam, you can see a group of police officers running toward the scene. this was around 3am, local time. and this picture from social media, checked by bbc verify, shows law enforcement, many heavily armed, surrounding a white pick—up truck in the aftermath of the incident. the fbi has taken over the investigation and confirmed that they're looking into this as an act of terrorism. the incident took place in the central french quarter of new orleans — a notable and busy nightlife spot — in the early hours of new year's day, local time. this was the scene in the last few hours. it's early afternoon there now. large parts of that french quarter have been cordoned off

while investigations continue. and in the last hour we've heard from the fbi about the suspect. the subject has been identified as 42—year—old shamsud din jabbar, a us born citizen from texas. he was driving a pick—up truck which appears to be rented and we are working to confirm how he became in possession of this vehicle. an isis flag was located on the vehicle. and we are working to determine the associations and affiliations with terrorist organisations. we are working with partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism. we are looking at the leeds to identify the possible subject subsidise it. we do not believe that shamsud dinjabbar was solely responsible. we are running down every lead including those of his... fist

including those of his... at that same _ including those of his... at that same news conference, the mayor latoya cantrell gave this updates... m? mayor latoya cantrell gave this updates- - -_ updates... my priority will continue _ updates... my priority will continue to _ updates... my priority will continue to be _ updates... my priority will continue to be that - updates... my priority will continue to be that the i updates... my priority will- continue to be that the victims that remain on bob and street now will be serviced and moved as soon as possible. as stated, the fbi is in charge of this investigation and are doing everything necessary to make this happen. i have gone to the hospital, along with chief kirkpatrick to visit our police officers, and considering their injuries, they are doing well. as i mentioned, this investigation is ongoing and the fbi remained the lead in the fbi remained the lead in the investigation. it is an active crime scene as well. we are committed, no doubt to

uncovering oral details surrounding this tragedy. the governor of louisiana, jeff landry, gave more details about the additional security and preparations to the sugar bowl, which has been postponed for 2h hours following the attack. in preparation for the super bowl, i had intended to issue an emergency declaration tomorrow, so that we could bring all of our federal, state and local agencies to bear in preparation for the super bowl and mardi gras. but because of the events today, i have amended that emergency declaration and issued it today. so, again, that declaration will allow our federal, state and local partners to bring all of the resources necessary to get this city safe. in light of that executive

order, i have also ordered the mobilisation of a military police company. i've asked general to mobilize the military police company to assist both new orleans police and lsb and the fbi. just in case there is any confusion, we are talking about the sugar bowl that attracts many thousands of spectators. they were also talking about the super bowl because new orleans is due to host to the super bowl as well. we will go to washington in just a moment but let me bring you a statement that has just come into us from the last few seconds from the ukrainian president, zelensky, saying he is horrified by the attack in new orleans. he said that ukraine stands by the american

people. in a statement on x, he says he hopes that people responsible for this act will be brought tojustice. let's responsible for this act will be brought to justice. let's go live to washington. let's talk to rowan bridge, hello to you. bring us up to date on the political reaction to all of this and what president brydon is saying he will offer by way of support to the people of new orleans. , �* ,., orleans. president biden said he will offer _ orleans. president biden said he will offer all _ orleans. president biden said he will offer all his _ orleans. president biden said he will offer all his support i he will offer all his support needed to the authorities in louisiana over this. i think there were some key things that came out of that news conference that are worth repeating. the authorities do not think there was a single person behind this attack, they are trying to track down all the known associates of shamsud din jabbar the known associates of shamsud dinjabbar and anyone in contact dinjabbarand anyone in contact with him over the last

72 hours. also worth noting they said there are still victims of this attack on the street in bourbon street in the french quarter in new orleans. that means it is certainly possible that that death toll confirmed so far may go up. we also know some of those still in hospital are still in a critical condition. also there has been talk about whether there was security measures in place in new orleans in case of such a sort of terrorist attacks. the police were keen to point out they have measures in place to protect the area. this was a determined attack, the person drove up onto the pavement to get around those barriers. finally, ithink people need to understand that the sugar bowl, the american football game, is a massive event for new orleans and the united states. american

football is a massive event. that is a significant event to be postponed in that way, but the nfl have said it will take place, 24—hour data. it the nfl have said it will take place, 24-hour data.- place, 24-hour data. it tells us about _ place, 24-hour data. it tells us about the _ place, 24-hour data. it tells us about the concerns - place, 24-hour data. it tells us about the concerns that l place, 24-hour data. it tells i us about the concerns that the fbi and other authorities have about what has happened in new orleans. president—elect trump, earlier, he was talking in his statement earlier and he talked about this as being a act of pure evil. of course, since he made the statement, we have learned that the suspect is a us born texas resident and an army veteran.— army veteran. yes, that is ri . ht. army veteran. yes, that is right. those _ army veteran. yes, that is right. those details - army veteran. yes, that is right. those details were l right. those details were confirmed by the fbi in that news conference this afternoon. what is not clear is exactly what the motive is behind this. the fbi say they are treating it as a terrorist incident. if you see and some of the

pictures, you can see what the fbi now believe is an iis flag on the bumper of that car. they are working to find out if he had any links or associations with any known terrorist organisations. but this was an attack carried out by us citizen on us territory. thank ou citizen on us territory. thank you very _ citizen on us territory. thank you very much. _ citizen on us territory. thank you very much, rowan - citizen on us territory. thank| you very much, rowan bridge there in washington for us. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

more now on the attack in new orleans. our reporter steve knibbs spoke to a witness. steve hyde, who was in new orleans to celebrate his 44th birthday a few days ago. i've been here many times. i'm told that what it was like last night is what it was like, or what it is like for mardi

gras. it's just a massive, massive party. everyone just so happy. it's just crazy numbers of people. the atmosphere was just amazing. the fireworks were beautiful. i was in a bar called the erin rose, which is just on conti street. um, which is about 15, 20 metres from bourbon. and, you know, we were all having a great time. i'd been in there for maybe 2.5 hours at that point. um, and then we heard shots and saw people running past the window. and didn't really know, you know, what was going on, obviously, you know, we heard the shots. we knew it wasn't going to be good. but we kind of thought, ok, it's a shooting, you know, someone has been shot.

and obviously that was not the case. they shut her down the windows, locked the door, and we alljust sort of, i suppose, in a way trying to carry on because we didn't really know anything. so wejust... things were a lot quieter at that point. and then all the sirens started and, um, then we started to know it was more. bearing in mind fireworks had been going off, you know, all night. and, you know, you hear bangs and i mean, the fireworks have been going off for hours and hours, um, you know, before, before midnight. so the noise, you kind of grown accustomed to at that point. um, but we were all just talking to him. well, 0k.

what's happened 7 what do we do? and, um, the barstaff were were great. um, they were all very calm. everyone in the bar was calm as well. um, i guess, you know, we didn't know. so i then went to sleep in a ok, still not really sure kind of what's happened. and then woke up this morning and then... yeah. and then, you know, just calling family and saying, don't worry, i'm. i'm 0k. um, just heartbroken. i love the city, and i love the people, you know, nowhere deserves this. and these people do not deserve this. michael wallace is a professor and programme director in emergency and security studies at tulane university — a private research institution in new orleans, louisiana. he's been telling us why there is this confusion about whether to characterise the incident as terrorism. law enforcement doesn't

like to jump to conclusions. the first reports on everything are going to probably be wrong. so they're trying to figure out who this person is, why he did this. what clues did he leave? what social media did he have? you know, what was the flag that was on the back? that actually is a flag, you know. black does indicate islamic state or, you know, you have a lot of these things that could indicate something, but again, could not. so law enforcement is very hesitant about calling something either domestic terrorism or foreign terrorism. politicians, you see, will use the word terrorism a little bit more freely. but law enforcement, they usually want to get... they want to do their investigation before they make a decision like that. the fact that the fbi is the lead agency, again, indicates that this was probably a terrorist attack. to me, just because the fbi is the lead agency in the united states

for investigating terror acts. and, you know, again, from what i've seen so far and again, their preliminary reports, i would suspect this was a lone wolf—style attack. and, you know, from out of state and with a long gun. professor michael wallace. well, we had that update from other officials in the last hour. i spoke to a security expert and we discussed the key points from that news conference. it points from that news conference.— points from that news conference. , ., ., conference. it is informative and we have _ conference. it is informative and we have seen _ conference. it is informative and we have seen this - conference. it is informative l and we have seen this before. so the bureau is going to do their due diligence and find anybody he was connected to or speaking with, working with. a long wait ahead of them but i wasn't surprised by that information. saddened to hear it but i wasn't terribly surprised by it.- it but i wasn't terribly surprised by it. it but i wasn't terribly surrisedb it. ~ , surprised by it. when they say they don't _ surprised by it. when they say they don't believe _ surprised by it. when they say they don't believe the - surprised by it. when they say they don't believe the suspectj they don't believe the suspect was solely responsible, is that

out of a abundance of caution or do you think they will have some solid leads to suggest that? ., , , some solid leads to suggest that? . y , ., some solid leads to suggest that? . , ., that? certainly, they are not auoin to that? certainly, they are not going to rule _ that? certainly, they are not going to rule anything - that? certainly, they are not going to rule anything out. l going to rule anything out. indication would be that they probably did have some kind of help or assistance. when you talk about ied is, you know, that type of planning which indicates there is probably someone who knew what was going on. leave no stone unturned looking, it is going to be a long, long time for them. you know, news may move onto something else tomorrow that these fbi agents are going to be working diligently for a very long period of time to make sure there isn't anyone else working with this individual.— else working with this individual. �* ., , individual. and potentially as an army veteran _ individual. and potentially as an army veteran he - individual. and potentially as an army veteran he would i individual. and potentially as i an army veteran he would have had the skills, knowledge to potentially build these ied is so forth? , , ., ., so forth? depending on how sophisticated _ so forth? depending on how sophisticated they _ so forth? depending on how sophisticated they are. - so forth? depending on how sophisticated they are. and | so forth? depending on how. sophisticated they are. and ied signature when you are talking about making a bomb, they are

going to be looking at that, was it sophisticated? would that be in line with this individual�*s training in army and war? a sophisticated type of device, ok, he probably needed help. again, a lot of questions still remain unanswered.- questions still remain unanswered. all of that exolains _ unanswered. all of that explains why _ unanswered. all of that explains why that - unanswered. all of that explains why that big, l unanswered. all of that - explains why that big, major couege explains why that big, major college football game, a huge deal in the us, has been postponed for 2h hours. what else will the fbi be doing in that period to try to establish some more facts around this? who is this guy, who was he talking to, when was he radicalised, who is he working with, communicating with? every device you can think of, social media, phone, you name it, they're going to be figuring out everything about this individual. was he working with others, what's led to this, what made him do this particular thing at this particular thing at this particular time? particular thing at this particulartime? it

particular thing at this particular time? it is going to be very, very in depth. h0??? be very, very in depth. how much of— be very, very in depth. how much of a _ be very, very in depth. how much of a blow, _ be very, very in depth. how much of a blow, how - be very, very in depth. how much of a blow, how much | be very, very in depth. how much of a blow, how much will it shake people to know that this is a us born army veteran who is the suspect in this? again, we have seen it before. people will be concerned and troubled by it, of course. you never want to see a military individual involved in something like this. but not terribly surprising because it has happened. back to your point about the game, very prudent to go ahead and postpone that. they want to make sure there are not others. i think the fbi has what we call an... a i think the fbi has what we callan... afew i think the fbi has what we call an... a few more ied is, there may be more. we want to make sure everything is safe in that facility, it will be locked down until tomorrow. again, when you are out about on the street, you have to be vigilant and pay attention. it

is going to be a highly vigilant tim