In the early hours of Wednesday morning, a man drove a pick-up truck into a crowd of people who were celebrating the new year in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter party district.
Ten people were killed in the attack and dozens more were injured in what the FBI is investigating as an “act of terrorism”.
See how the night unfolded through the words of witnesses and law enforcement officials on the ground in the Louisiana city.
Read more here.
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