“We are following all possible indications and are not ruling anything out. However, at this time there is no definitive link between the attack here in New Orleans and the one in Las Vegas,” said the deputy assistant director of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. division.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has assured that there is “no connection” between the two intentional hit-and-run in New Orleans which left at least 14 people dead and the Explosion of a Tesla vehicle in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
“We are following all possible indications and are not ruling anything out. However, at this time there is no definitive link between the attack here in New Orleans and the one in Las Vegas,” said the deputy assistant director of the agency’s counterterrorism division. division. , Christopher Raia.
The official held a press conference from New Orleans on Thursday in which, accompanied by the governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landryand other authorities have assured that the attack was solely a “terrorist act” caused by a US citizen believed to be interested in the Islamic State.
“To protect our citizens in the United States from evil, we must crush it,” said Governor Landry, who has taken a strong stand against “evil.”
The President of the United States, Joe Bidenhad assured hours ago that security forces were investigating whether there were links between the two events. For his part, the President-elect, Donald Trumphas regretted that both episodes make it to the United States “the laughing stock of the world”.
Source: EITB
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