A Briton is one of 14 people killed when a suspected Islamic State supporter plowed a truck into a crowd celebrating New Year’s in New Orleans.
The city coroner said the preliminary cause of the British national’s death was blunt force injuries.
His identity has been temporarily withheld at the request of the family “pending international agreements being finalized.”
Dozens of people were also injured when the rented truck of Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, plowed into people on New Orleans’ famous Bourbon Street in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
A senior Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) official said the attack was “premeditated” and an “evil” act of terrorism, and said Jabbar was “100% inspired by ISIS,” also known as the Islamic State.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office told Sky Information: “We are supporting the family of a British citizen who died in New Orleans and are in contact with local authorities.”
The coroner has also identified most of the victims of the attack.
They are:
- Andrew Dauphin, 26, from Montgomery, Alabama
- Kareem Badawi, 23, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Brandon Taylor, 43, of Harvey, Louisiana
- Hubert Gauthreaux, 21, from Gretna, Louisiana
- Matthew Tenedorio, 25, of Picayune, Mississippi
- Nikyra Dedeaux, 18, from Gulfport, Mississippi
- Nicole Perez, 27, from Metairie, Louisiana
- Reggie Hunter, 37, of Prairieville, Louisiana
- Martin Bech, 27, from New York City, New York
- Terrence Kennedy, 63, from New Orleans, Louisiana
- Elliot Wilkinson, 40, of Slidell, Louisiana
- William Dimaio, 25, of Holmdel, New Jersey
The identity of another victim is unknown, and efforts to identify the person continue.
The preliminary cause of death for all victims was blunt force injuries, according to the New Orleans coroner.
The FBI has also revealed that prior to his attack, Jabbar set fire to a house he had rented in an effort to destroy evidence.
He had placed accelerants throughout the house in his effort to destroy it, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
But the fire, which started in the hallway, extinguished itself before spreading to other rooms.
Bomb-making materials were found in both the rented accommodation in New Orleans and Jabbar’s home in Houston, Texas.
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