New Orleans vehicle attack: mayor calls incident ‘terrorist attack’ after at least 10 killed – latest updates

A further 30 people injured after vehicle drove into crowd in French Quarter

• At least 10 killed and 30 injured in New Orleans as car runs into crowd

The incident occurred in a busy nightlife area of New Orleans’s French Quarter. Police urged people to stay away from the area. “We do not want anyone on Bourbon Street today,” police superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said in a press conference Wednesday morning, confirming that the FBI is taking over the investigation.

Mayor Cantrell has described today’s mass casualty incident as a “terrorist attack”.

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