Bourbon Street reopens as FBI says New Orleans attacker appeared to act alone

Summary

• Bourbon Street in New Orleans has reopened after being closed for investigation since the deadly attack on New Year’s Day
• A minute’s silence for the 14 killed has been held at the postponed Sugar Bowl college football game
• The victims include an aspiring nurse and a father of two, as well as dozens of others injured
• The FBI says it now believes the man who carried out the attack, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was acting alone
• The 42-year-old army veteran was killed in a gunfight with police, after he drove a pick-up truck into crowds in the iconic nightlife hotspot
• Police say the Texas resident planted two explosive devices and posted videos online proclaiming allegiance to the Islamic State group before the attack
• Meanwhile, the FBI confirms there’s “no definitive link” with the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas

Live Reporting

Edited by Caitlin Wilson in Washington DC, with Bernd Debusmann Jr in New Orleans

1. Mixed emotions as New Orleanians and tourists return to Bourbon Street after attackpublished at 08:18 3 January08:18 3 January
   Live reporterSun has now set on New Orleans’ iconic French Quarter. Bourbon Street, where an attacker killed 14 people when a pickup truck drove into a crowd over the New Year holiday, has re-opened to buskers and tourists once again.Officials are still investigating the background of 42-year suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar, but say they have concluded that he was motivated by the Islamic State group, and that he acted alone.And the FBI says there is not yet any indication that the attack is linked to the Tesla truck that exploded in Las Vegas outside a Trump hotel on Wednesday, killing the driver.The city’s famous jazz music paused earlier this evening at the Sugar Bowl football game, which was postponed from yesterday due to the attack. The tens of thousands of fans in the stadium for the annual university game held a moment of silence for the victims before kick-off.We’re concluding our live coverage now, but you can still keep up with the latest below:
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   01:08Media caption,New Orleans: Mixed emotions as people return to scene of attackShare
2. National Guard prepares Bourbon Street for fans to leave Sugar Bowl gamepublished at 08:09 3 January08:09 3 JanuaryAnna Adams
   Reporting from New OrleansImage source,Anna Adams / BBCImage source,Anna Adams / BBCIt’s city’s first night returning to some semblance of normal after the New Year’s attack here in New Orleans. The National Guard have set up road blocks along Canal Street right at the entrance of Bourbon Street in preparation for the end of the end of the annual Sugar Bowl university football game that was postponed for this afternoon.An officer said: “We have more than 50,000 fans coming out the Superdome less than a mile away, and whether they’re going home, to their cars, hotels or to the French Quarter, we’re here for them. It’s never been safer.”Further inside the French Quarter, law enforcement patrol Bourbon Street on horseback, guarding the Royal Sonesta hotel, where Wednesday morning’s attack took place.Image source,Anna Adams / BBC