Around three in the morning local time, a mass casualty event occurred in the Bourbon Street neighbourhood, according to NOLA, the city’s emergency preparedness office.
The 8th District is now investigating a mass casualty event involving a car that crashed into a large crowd on Canal and Bourbon Street, according to a statement released by NOLA.
“Public safety partners are responding on scene.” LaToya Cantrell, the mayor of New Orleans, called the sad events a “terrorist attack” at a news conference.
In addition to asking “for prayers for those who have lost their lives” and directing the people to stay away from the eight blocks around Bourbon Street,
Where the tragedy occurred, she acknowledged that she had spoken with the governor of Louisiana and the White House.
