In the USA they were amazed: the unusual explosive devices in the attack in New Orleans

In the US, they were shocked to discover the extent of the explosives that were planned to detonate in the deadly attack in New Orleans last week, it was reported yesterday (Saturday) on the NBC network. At the same time, in a Reuters report it was revealed that the urban planning officials in New Orleans predicted with considerable accuracy the outline of the serious attack, and despite this they did not know prevent it.Two senior officials in the US law enforcement system told NBC that the composition of the explosive found in the two improvised explosive devices found in the car of the rampaging terrorist is very rare, and has never been seen in terrorist attacks in the US or Europe. These alarming findings lead the researchers to examine the question of how and where Shamsud Din Jaber learned to assemble such charges in his home, and if he was in contact with extremist terrorist elements, for example ISIS officials.

The two charges, which were found in the coolers in the predatory vehicle, did not explode, and for now it is still unclear why. The investigators have not yet been able to determine whether the charges were not activated due to a technical malfunction or because the terrorist simply did not initiate the activation, or perhaps for another reason. Jaber planned to use a special transmitter to activate them, authorities said. Along with the improvised explosive devices found in the vehicle, two other guns were also found.

14 people were killed in the deadly New Orleans New Year’s Eve hit-and-run attack. Law enforcement officials and President Biden announced that Jaber was “influenced by ISIS”, but there is no evidence that the terrorist organization was actually directly involved in the attack. A few days after the incident, ISIS did not accept responsibility for the attack – a process that takes a few hours to days in most cases.

The abandoned plan: this is how the municipality predicted the attack

According to a Reuters report, months ago the planning board of the city of New Orleans came up with an extreme plan for a run-over attack using a Ford F-150 pickup truck (the same vehicle used by Jaber) – exactly on the same street, Barban, where the attack was carried out. Engineers who dealt with the issue found that this vehicle can enter the tourist street and move on it at a speed of 20-120 km/h.

Officials in the city did identify this street as a security weak point, and determined that barriers should be placed, but only those that are effective for vehicles moving at a speed of about 15 km/h, that is, not a vehicle that carries out an attack in a proactive and deliberate manner. Barban Street in New Orleans where the attack was carried out is It is indeed one of the most touristed in the area, but one where vehicles are allowed during the day, while in the evening it is given over to pedestrian traffic.

Despite the dangers and assessments, work to erect barriers on the street has not yet begun – and the plan was to have them ready in time for February 9, when the city will host the prestigious NFL Super Bowl game. It also appears that the preference to erect only light barriers adapted only to vehicles traveling at low speed was due to the preference for the relatively easy maintenance and operation of this system, compared to greater difficulty in systems of barriers that are resistant to being hit by vehicles at a higher speed.