Federal authorities believe Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who killed 14 people in an ISIS-inspired vehicular attack in New Orleans, used a common explosive compound in two homemade bombs that did not detonate, ATF Special Agent in Charge Joshua Jackson said Sunday.
On Friday, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News that preliminary field tests indicated that Jabbar used a very rare explosive compound. The compound, called R-Salt, has never been used in a U.S. or European terrorist attack or incident. Jackson said the FBI is going to conduct additional tests of the explosive compound found in New Orleans. He said officials believe that additional tests at an FBI lab will show that the explosive compound found in New Orleans is, in fact, pure RDX. R-Salt is similar in makeup and texture to RDX.
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Source: NBC News
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