An introvert who served in the army in Afghanistan.. Who is Shams al-Din Jabbar, the perpetrator of the New Orleans attack?

The suspect in the attack on New Year’s revelers in New Orleans has been identified as… Shams al-Din JabbarHe is a 42-year-old American citizen and a US Army veteran from Texas, according to what was announced by the FBI, which said that Jabbar was killed in a shootout with security authorities following the attack.

According to the New York Times, he served Shams al-Din Jabbar In the army from 2007 to 2015, he worked in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2010. He completed his service with the rank of Staff Sergeant and attended the University of Georgia between 2015 and 2017, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

According to a statement by the FBI, security forces investigating… New Orleans attackOn the ISIS flag in the truck used in the attack, the brother of the suspect, Jabbar, said that the latter converted to Islam at an early stage in his life, and a friend of his told the American newspaper that Shams al-Din Jabbar became more extremist at the beginning of 2017.

Criminal records in Texas showed that Jabbar was charged in 2002 with robbery, and in 2005 with driving with an invalid driver’s license. “What happened was completely different from anything I have ever known about him,” said Chris Pawson, whom the New York Times said was a childhood friend of Jabbar’s. “Introverted, very quiet and intelligent.”

Busson met Jabbar in 1996 at Beaumont Middle School in Texas, and they became friends and went to high school, before they lost touch after graduation, as Jabbar joined the army and Busson the Air Force, and when the two friends returned to communication via Facebook after years of estrangement, Busson said that the posts Jabbar focused on the Islamic faith, “but he did not publish negative things… and I never expected that to happen,” referring to an attack new orleans.

Regarding his personal life, public records revealed that Jabbar was married twice, and that his second wife filed a temporary restraining order in 2020. A month later, the divorce case was rejected, and a new divorce petition was submitted in 2021. As for his first wife, they have joint custody of their child, a decision was issued regarding it. Year 2022.