At the least 10 folks have been killed and greater than 30 others injured after a truck drove into a big crowd in New Orleans early Wednesday morning (Jan 1).
NOLA Prepared, town’s emergency preparedness company, stated the “mass casualty incident” occurred at about 3.15am (5.15pm Singapore time) on Canal Avenue and Bourbon Avenue.
It urged folks to “get your self away from the realm”. Those that have been injured have been taken to 5 hospitals.
US media retailers, citing unnamed legislation enforcement officers, stated the suspect has died.
“HELL-BENT ON CREATING CARNAGE”
The motive force had tried to “run over as many individuals as he presumably may”, stated New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick.
At that hour, the realm would been filled with revellers celebrating New 12 months within the French Quarter district, famend for its bars, eating places and jazz historical past.
He was “hell-bent on creating the carnage and the injury that he did”, she added.
“This man, this perpetrator, he fired on our officers from his car when he crashed his car. Two of our officers have been shot. They’re steady.”
