Two Strange Attacks in the US Raise Concerns

united states - Two seemingly unrelated but strangely connected attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas have caught the attention of the public in the United States.

In the midst of the countdown to Donald Trump's inauguration as the president of the United States, two separate attacks with peculiar details have left the country puzzled. The timing of the attacks has also raised eyebrows, occurring as a decision on whether US troops fighting against ISIS in Syria should stay or withdraw was expected to be made.

The first attack took place in the early hours of New Year on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. The attacker Shamsud Din Jabbar drove his rented vehicle into the crowd celebrating the New Year and began firing shots. The incident resulted in 15 fatalities and 35 injuries. A flag of ISIS was found in the attacker's vehicle. A few hours later, the second attack occurred in Las Vegas, where a Tesla electric truck exploded in front of Trump's Trump International Hotel. One person died, and seven were injured. The deceased, identified as Matthew Livelsberger, had a gunshot wound to his head.

Further investigations revealed that the two attackers, Jabbar and Livelsberger, had served in the US military for many years. Jabbar served from 2007 to 2020, with a deployment in Afghanistan from February 2009 to January 2010, and continued to serve as a Information Specialist until 2020. Livelsberger spent 19 years in the Special Forces department as a Communication Intelligence Specialist. Sheriff of Las Vegas confirmed that both attackers served at the Fort Bragg military base in California but there was no record of them being in the same unit.

Jabbar, born in Texas, studied computer and information systems at Georgia State University. Livelsberger, on the other hand, graduated with honors in Strategic Studies and Defense Analysis from Norwich University in Vermont.

Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla, raised suspicions by linking the rental of the vehicles used in the attacks to the same service, suggesting a potential connection between the incidents. President Joe Biden condemned the New Orleans attack, labeling it as 'heinous' and commending law enforcement for neutralizing the attacker. He also mentioned that the attacker had posted videos inspired by ISIS on social media prior to the attack.