Officials have postponed Wednesday evening’s Sugar Bowl, a serious sporting occasion in New Orleans, after authorities mentioned a person plowed his truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in what’s being investigated as a terrorist assault.
The sold-out annual school soccer recreation can be postponed till Thursday evening, Allstate Sugar Bowl chief government officer Jeff Hundley mentioned at a information convention Wednesday afternoon.
Hundley mentioned the choice was within the “finest curiosity” of public security.
Authorities mentioned at the least 10 folks had been killed and greater than 30 others had been injured at about 3:15 a.m. when a person deliberately rammed right into a crowd on Bourbon Street, a preferred vacation spot within the Louisiana metropolis.
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The suspect is now lifeless, the FBI mentioned. The company recognized him as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S. citizen from Texas.
The Sugar Bowl, performed yearly since 1935, was set to start round 7:45 p.m., native time, and would have aired on ESPN. The No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs had been scheduled to satisfy the No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
In an earlier assertion, Hundley mentioned the Sugar Bowl Committee was “devastated by the horrible occasions.”
“Our ideas and prayers are with the victims and their households,” the assertion mentioned. “We are in ongoing discussions with authorities on the native, state, and federal ranges and can talk additional particulars as they develop into obtainable,” he mentioned.
The UGA Athletic Association mentioned all group personnel and members of the official group journey occasion have been accounted for. “We are deeply saddened by the mindless violence that occurred in New Orleans,” it mentioned in a press release.
