Investigators in New Orleans were searching on Thursday for what motivated a US Army veteran flying an ISIS flag from his truck to plough into a crowd of New Year's revelers, killing 15 people and injuring 30 more before dying in a shootout with police.
The probe was focused on whether the suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a US citizen from Texas who once served in Afghanistan, had help in planning the deadly attack on a city that will host the NFL Super Bowl next month.
Investigators found guns and what appeared to be an improvised explosive device in the vehicle-which bore the flag of the Islamic State group-along with other explosive devices elsewhere in the city's famed French Quarter.
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