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Ex-Army Veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar Identified as Perpetrator of ISIS-Inspired New Orleans Attack.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old decorated US-born Army veteran, was responsible for a fatal truck attack in New Orleans. He served in the Army for more than a decade, including a brief deployment to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010.He served in the Army for over a decade, including a brief deployment in Afghanistan (2009-2010). Jabbar’s life was marked by marital problems and financial difficulties. The attack, treated as an act of terrorism by the FBI, left 15 people dead and dozens injured. An Islamic State flag and an improvised explosive device (IED) were found in his vehicle. Jabbar had no significant criminal record but was charged with minor offenses in the early 2000s.
He lived in a trailer park and worked in real estate, with his business suffering significant losses.The FBI has said it was treating the attack as an “act of terrorism”.MARITAL DISCORDS, DISTINGUISHED MILITARY CAREER A closer look at Jabbar’s life shows a man beset with marital discords and financial woes.
His recent social media posts also focused on his Muslim faith and references to the Quran.The 42-year-old was married twice, with his first marriage ending in 2012 and his second in 2022. He has two children from his second marriage. In an email written to his former wife’s lawyer, Jabbar mentioned that he had racked up more than $16,000 in credit card debt, The New York Post reported. Jabbar went to Georgia State University from 2015 to 2017, graduating with a BBA in computer information systems. He did not have any criminal records, except that he was charged with two minor crimes in 2002 and 2005. What he did have was a decorated military career, leaving the service at the rank of staff sergeant.
He served in the Army as human resource and information technology specialist from March 2007 to January 2015.Later, he also served in the Army reserves as an IT specialist till July 2020. For a year, between February 2009 to January 2010, he was deployed to Afghanistan. Not much is known about Jabbar between the years 2020-2024 except that he worked in real estate. NBC News reported that his real estate licence expired in 2023. The real estate business suffered more than $28,000 in losses. Jabbar lived in a squalid trailer park in a region where the majority are Muslim immigrants. His backyard had geese, chickens, and sheep.

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