Terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar planned to use a “very rare explosive substance” as part of his New Year’s Eve attack in New Orleans, authorities say.
Federal investigators said the compound, found in two of the homemade IEDs, has never before been used in a terrorist attack in the U.S. or Europe, two senior law enforcement sources said. NBC News.
Authorities are investigating how 42-year-old Jabbar came to know about the material and how he was able to use it in his bombs.
The explosives were found on Bourbon Street – one was discovered in a cooler – but did not detonate.
It is unclear what caused the bombs to malfunction, as the transmitter Jabbar intended to use to detonate the explosives was also found in his truck.
According to NBC News, federal authorities are currently testing the materials in an FBI laboratory.
Other bomb-making materials were found in an Airbnb he rented before the attack. Jabbar had set fire to the Mandeville Street rental property in an ‘attempt to destroy this and other evidence of his crime’.
However, the fire “extinguished itself” before it could reach other rooms, the New Orleans Fire Department said, allowing authorities to recover evidence.
Federal investigators said Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, used a rare explosive substance in two of the homemade IEDs and authorities are investigating how he became aware of the material, two senior law enforcement sources told NBC News.
One of the explosives was found in a cooler on Bourbon Street. The explosive compound has never before been used in a terror attack in the US or Europe
This included “precursors for bomb-making materials and a privately manufactured device suspected of being a silencer for a rifle.”
The US Army veteran left the two-bedroom, two-bathroom property littered with white powder and wires before carrying out the deadly attack that killed 14 people and injured at least 35.
Exclusive photos from DailyMail.com show the property in complete disarray, with the front and parts of the interior showing scorch marks and empty buckets strewn about.
After two days of examining the property, investigators returned it to the owner, who declined to comment when contacted by DailyMail.com, explaining that the FBI had asked him not to talk.
Other items, including a blue tube, work gloves, several pairs of latex gloves and bags of trash, were also found scattered throughout the property.
A garbage bag containing discarded work gloves and a takeaway box revealed that Jabbar had eaten a pizza before carrying out the deadly massacre.
Strong cleaning agents were left outside the property, along with blue gloves, with one window also appearing to have been smashed.
A suitcase containing explosives – which he obtained through Turo – was found in his rental car, as well as an ISIS flag.
Other bomb-making materials were found in an Airbnb he rented before the attack
ISIS-inspired terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar set fire to his luxury Airbnb in New Orleans in an attempt to hide evidence, federal officials revealed
Exclusive photos from DailyMail.com show the two-bedroom, two-bathroom property in complete disarray
Following the horrific tragedy, an image of what appears to be a flagpole on the back of Jabbar’s truck circulated online, sparking massive speculation.
Photos taken after the collision show what appears to be a metallic gray jacket wrapped around a flagpole, but video taken earlier in the morning showed a black flag dangling from the same ‘pole’.
Jabbar also attempted to get rid of several weapons prior to the attack, including an Escort BTS 12-gauge Bullpup Shotgun, which was listed for $200.
He even called the weapon “great for sending invaders to hell!”
Police believe Jabbar, a U.S. citizen born and raised in Texas, drove an electric vehicle from Houston to Louisiana to carry out the deadly attack.
Jabbar lived in a dilapidated trailer in suburban Houston before traveling to New Orleans to carry out the deadly rampage.
On Thursday, photos from DailyMail.com provided a glimpse into the shabby shelter, showing Jabbar leaving the house in disarray, leaving dozens of religious items behind.
Next to the cheap furniture he left in the caravan were a Koran, prayer mats and a book on Islamic banking and finance.
That book, The Art of RF (Riba-Free) Islamic Banking and Finance, claims to take “a modern American approach to integrating Islamic financial principles into banking and investment techniques.”
He was an open admirer of the Islamic terror group ISIS and had the group’s flag flying from his vehicle
Jabbar also attempted to get rid of several weapons prior to the attack, including an Escort BTS 12-gauge Bullpup Shotgun, which was listed for $200.
He even called the weapon “great for sending invaders to hell!”
Riba – charging interest on loans – is prohibited in Islamic finance as it is considered an unjust profit.
When DailyMail.com visited the house on the eastern edge of the Heritage Village section of the city early Thursday, the front door was closed. But when we returned later that day, it had been kicked off its hinges for the world to see inside.
Jabbar was shot dead in a shootout with police shortly after plowing his vehicle into a crowd of revelers.
He was an open admirer of the Islamic terror group ISIS and had the group’s flag flying from his vehicle.
And his home in a largely Muslim neighborhood in north Houston shows his devotion to Islam. A copy of the Koran lay open on an easel next to a vase of artificial flowers.
Other books in the house included a seven-volume set known as the Islamic Library, including a book entitled ‘The Sealed Nectar’ – a comprehensive biography of the Prophet Muhammad and several pamphlets on comparative religions.