The ISIS-loving driver who killed 14 people by plowing into a crowded New Orleans street on New Year’s planned to simultaneously detonate two bombs he had planted nearby — taking advantage of the city’s diminished safety measures compared to previous years.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, intended to use a transmitter — which was stashed in his F150 truck — to set off the two IEDs he placed along Bourbon Street, the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives revealed Friday.
The devices were never detonated, though it is unclear if it was due to malfunction or that they had never been activated.
Investigators also found bomb-making materials inside the short-term rental home on Mandeville Street — which Jabbar tried to set ablaze to hide his deranged plans, according to the FBI.
“ATF also determined that Jabbar set a small fire in the hallway and strategically placed accelerants throughout the house in his effort to destroy it and other evidence of his crime,” the FBI said.