'The scene was just horrific' - witnesses tell of New Orleans carnage

One man who was near where the attack happened told the BBC he "walked past dead and injured bodies" in the street.

British Broadcasting CorporationWatch LiveHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC InDepthBBC VerifySportBusinessExecutive LoungeTechnology of BusinessFuture of BusinessInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceAI v the MindCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsArtsArts in MotionTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewsletters'The scene was just horrific' - witnesses tell of New Orleans carnageBBCTen people have been killed and 35 injured after a man intentionally drove into a crowd in New Orleans and then began firing a weapon, police have said.

Police chief Anne Kirkpatrick said the attacker drove a pickup truck along Bourbon Street "very fast... trying to run over as many people as he could" at around 03:15 (09:15 GMT). He crashed, then shot and injured two police officers.

The FBI said in a statement it is "working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism". The suspect is dead, the agency added.

Kirkpatrick said the man was "hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did". One witness said he "walked past dead and injured bodies" in the street.

He said "people started running and getting under tables like it was an active shooter drill".

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crl378x8nnjo

---