US Law Enforcement Concerned about Copycat Vehicle-Ramming Attacks
US law enforcement and intelligence agencies are worried about a surge in copycat vehicle-ramming attacks following the recent New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans, according to a US law enforcement intelligence bulletin.
The bulletin, issued by the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the US National Counterterrorism Center, states that such attacks “are likely to remain attractive for aspiring attackers given vehicles’ ease of acquisition and the low skill threshold necessary to conduct an attack.”
The FBI has confirmed that Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US Army veteran, was “100 percent inspired” by the Islamic State terrorist group to ram a truck into New Year’s Day revelers in New Orleans, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens of others.