Sugar Bowl Game Postponed After Terror Attack Kills 15 in New Orleans
NEW YEAR'S TRAGEDY
A man whose potential affiliations with ISIS are being probed by the FBI plowed a pick-up truck into crowds on Bourbon Street early in the morning on New Year’s Day.
Officials postponed Wednesday night’s Sugar Bowl after a deadly truck attack on New Year’s revelers took place just blocks from the primetime event’s stadium in New Orleans. Police and game officials said the college football playoff showdown between the University of Georgia and Notre Dame would be pushed back 24 hours, with a new start time of 7:45 p.m. local time on Thursday. The announcement came shortly after the University of Georgia revealed one of its students, presumably in town for the much-anticipated game, was among the dozens injured in the early-morning terrorist attack on Bourbon Street which saw a pick-up truck driven through crowds celebrating the new year. That student, who was not named, was critically injured. Also driving the postponement was the discovery of improvised explosive devices at the scene of the attack in the French Quarter, which is within walking distance of the Caesars Superdome. The FBI identified 42-year-old Texas native Shamsud-Din Jabbar—a U.S. veteran who was gunned down by police in a shootout at the scene—as the perpetrator on Wednesday afternoon, but cautioned that they do not believe he acted alone.
