A SECOND suspect with ISIS ties has been arrested after the New Orleans terror attack that brutally murdered 14 people and injured at least 57 more.
The arrest came months after Shamsud-Din Jabbar rammed his Ford F-150 through crowds of New Years Day partiers and was killed by cops in a shootout.
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Despite the FBI insisting that Jabbar had acted alone, Iraqi authorities have now said they connected an ISIS member to the tragedy.
Officials didn’t release the terrorist’s name or details on his involvement, but declared that he “incited” the hit-and-run attack.
Iraqi police made the arrest after the country was urged to open by a probe by American authorities, they said in a statement.
The First Karkh Investigation Court “identified the identity of the accused and arrested him in Iraq as he is a member of what is called the Foreign Operations Office of the terrorist ISIS organization,” the Iraq judiciary said.
Iraqi officials will now try the man under their own anti-terrorism laws for being a member of ISIS.
A wave of fear descended on Louisiana when Jabbar left his home in Texas and smashed through busy Bourbon Street in the city’s packed French Quarter as an ISIS flag flew from his truck.
After mowing down a crowd of people, horrified witnesses saw Jabbar emerge from the car in full body armor and taking aim at cops with an assault rifle.
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