New Orleans attacker had suspected bomb materials at home, officials say

The FBI investigation also revealed that Jabbar purchased a cooler in Vidor, Texas, hours before the attack and gun oil from a store in Sulphur, Louisiana

Military personnel walk down Bourbon Street in New Orleans (George Walker IV/AP)

The man killed by New Orleans police after ramming a pick-up truck into a crowd of New Year’s revellers had suspected bomb-making materials at his home and reserved the vehicle used in the deadly attack more than six weeks earlier, law enforcement officials have told The Associated Press.

Federal authorities searching the home of Shamsud-Din Jabbar in Houston found a workbench in the garage and hazardous materials believed to have been used to make explosive devices, according to law enforcement officials familiar with the search.