A University of Georgia pupil was critically injured in an obvious terrorist assault in New Orleans on Wednesday morning that killed at the least 10 folks and injured dozens extra, the college confirmed in a press release on social media.
The pupil, who has not been recognized, was “critically injured” when a driver plowed by way of a crowd on Bourbon Street in a pickup truck simply after 3 a.m. native time on New Year’s Day.
The Allstate Sugar Bowl emblem at midfield in the course of the CFP Semifinal Allstate Sugar Bowl recreation between the Texas Longhorns and the Washington Huskies on Jan. 1, 2024, on the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. (John Korduner/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
The pupil was seemingly within the metropolis forward of the College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchup between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, which was scheduled to be performed on the Superdome on Wednesday evening.
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“I’m deeply saddened by the devastating assault in New Orleans in a single day, and I lengthen my honest condolences to the victims, their households, and all these affected by this horrible tragedy,” President Jere W. Morehead mentioned in his assertion.
“At this level, we now have realized {that a} University of Georgia pupil was critically injured within the assault and is receiving medical therapy. I’ve spoken to the coed’s household and shared my concern, assist and properly needs on behalf of all the UGA group. I wish to categorical my gratitude to all the primary responders who moved so rapidly to assist these affected by this mindless act of violence, in addition to to the medical personnel who’re caring for the injured.”
Police and EMS autos reply to a mass casualty incident reported on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Jan. 1, 2025. (WVUE)
Morehead vowed his assist for the group in New Orleans following what he referred to as an “unspeakable occasion.”
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Allstate Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley introduced Wednesday afternoon that the sport between Georgia and Notre Dame could be postponed for twenty-four hours in a call that was made with the “finest pursuits of everyone in public security” in thoughts.
“There’ll be extra particulars on that within the coming hours, however for now, that is the plan that we will transfer ahead and play the sport [tomorrow,]” he continued.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish emblem on show on the tip zone pylon in the course of the CFP first spherical recreation between the Indiana Hoosiers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Dec. 20, 2024 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. (Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
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The suspect has been recognized by police as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who was pronounced lifeless on the scene after exchanging gunfire with native regulation enforcement. The FBI is working to find out “the topic’s potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations,” after an ISIS flag was discovered within the truck. Weapons and a possible IED have been positioned contained in the suspect’s car, and different potential IEDs have been additionally positioned within the French Quarter.
The FBI mentioned Wednesday it doesn’t consider Jabbar was “solely accountable” for the act of terrorism.
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