MULTIPLE people are feared dead after a car rammed into crowds in New Orleans, according to reports.
Revellers were celebrating New Year at a street party in the city when a driver ploughed their vehicle into them.
Police at the scene in New Orleans
Emergency crews rushed to the scene at the intersection of Bourbon Steet and Iberville in the city’s French Quarter neighbourhood at around 3.15am.
Police have so far confirmed one death – but it is feared the toll could be as high as 10.
Bourbon Steet – a major nightlife spot – has been shut down while cops investigate.
A man who witnessed the horror while on the street with his wife said he saw an SUV “speeding and running people over”.
It comes days after five were killed and a further 205 injured after a doctor drove his car into crowds at a German Christmas market.
A child of nine was among the dead after Al-Abdulmohsen, 50, ploughed his BMW into revellers at the crowded market in the city of Madgeburg.
It has emerged that Saudi Arabia repeatedly alerted German police about their citizen al-Abdulmohsen, living in Germany since 2006.
Four months before the attack, he wrote online in Arabic: “I assure you: if Germany wants war, we will have it. If Germany wants to kill us, we will slaughter them, die.”
He wrote: “Is there a path to justice without slaughtering German citizens indiscriminately?” It was unclear if police acted upon the warnings.
In 2023 al-Abdulmohsen asked 48,000 followers on X: “Would you blame me if I randomly killed 20 Germans because of what Germany is doing against the Saudi opposition?”
A woman reported the now deleted post but it was unclear if police took any action.
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