Texas: Bomb-making materials found at Houston home of New Orleans attacker


Federal investigators found bomb-making materials while searching the Texas home of the man responsible for the deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, law enforcement officials said Friday.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S.-born citizen from Texas, was living in Houston. The investigators took inventory of the materials and returned the home back to its owner. “The searches turned up chemicals, filters, thermometers and numerous other items used in making homemade high explosives,” said Richard Esposito, CBS law enforcement contributor.

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Source: CBS News


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