New Orleans: What we know about the attack and suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar

Several people are dead after a pick-up truck was driven into a large crowd in the French Quarter.

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Here's what we know so far about what happened and the perpetrator.

At 03:15 local time on New Year's Day, a pick-up truck rammed into crowds gathered on Bourbon Street in the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter.

CCTV footage shows a white, Ford F-150 Lightning vehicle driving on to the pavement to get around a police car before hitting pedestrians.

Police described the act as "very intentional", adding that the attacker - identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar - was "hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did".

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