New Orleans attacker used very rare explosive in bombs, officials say
The explosive has never before been used in a U.S. or European terrorist attack.
A key question for investigators is how he learned of the explosive and managed to produce it.
The driver who killed 14 people in an ISIS-inspired vehicular attack in New Orleans used a very rare explosive compound in two homemade bombs that did not detonate, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News.
The explosive has never been used in a U.S. terrorist attack or incident, nor in a European one, the officials said. A key question for investigators now is how Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the attacker, learned about the explosive and how he managed to produce it.
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