Washington/Norfolk. People celebrating New Year in New Orleans, America, were crushed by a truck on the lines of a lone wolf attack. At least 10 people have died in this attack. Donald Trump, who is going to take oath as the next President of the country, reacted strongly to this incident and said that criminals have entered the country. On the other hand, a large cache of weapons has been recovered in Virginia, about a thousand kilometers (938) from New Orleans. American investigative agency FBI has claimed to have recovered a large quantity of weapons from a person’s house. According to the agency, this is the biggest recovery of weapons so far. Everyone is stunned by this shocking claim of FBI.
The lawyers appearing in the court on behalf of FBI have given this shocking information in the court. He says that the FBI has found 150 homemade bombs in Virginia. This is one of the biggest seizures. According to a petition filed in the court by the FBI, the team has found the largest stockpile of country-made explosives. The FBI told the court that such a huge cache has been seized from the house of a person arrested for possessing weapons in Virginia. The FBI said investigative teams seized more than 150 pipe bombs and other homemade devices when they searched Brad Spafford’s home northwest of Norfolk in December. The FBI said that this is the largest seizure in terms of the number of ready-made explosive devices in the history of the FBI.
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According to court documents, most of the bombs were made from fuses and pieces of plastic pipe. The FBI said several additional pipe bombs were found in a backpack in the bedroom, which were completely unsecured. The accused lives in this house with his wife and two small children. The accused Spafford was charged with possession of a weapon. Law enforcement officials allege that he was in possession of an illegal short barrel rifle. The rifle has also been confiscated.
New Orleans Attack
On the other hand, the suspect accused of ramming a car into the crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans has been identified as 42-year-old Shamsud Deen Jabbar. 10 people died and at least 36 were injured in this incident. The FBI confirmed earlier today that the incident was being treated as an act of terrorism and that the perpetrator was killed following the attack.
FIRST PUBLISHED : January 1, 2025, 11:48 PM IST