US President Joe Biden will visit New Orleans on Monday to “share the grief of the grieving families” after a truck attack that killed at least 14 people on Wednesday, the White House announced on Friday.
The outgoing president, who will be accompanied by his wife Jill, will also meet with local officials.
Former US soldier Shamsuddin Jabar, “inspired” by the Islamic State (IS), is accused of driving his vehicle into people in the tourist-popular French Quarter of New Orleans, a city in the southern US, during New Year’s celebrations.
He was killed in a shootout with police after the massacre with a pickup truck.
The suspect appears to have acted alone, the FBI said on Thursday, after it was said the day before that he may have had an accomplice.
Jabar has expressed support for IS in several video messages and said he had joined the jihadist organization, the FBI added.
Biden praised the “spirit” of New Orleans at a White House news conference on Thursday, saying the people had sent a clear message “that we will not be defeated by this attack or attacks.”
