After a guy crashed his vehicle into a group of New Year’s revellers in what is being looked into as a terrorist assault, officials decided to postpone Wednesday night’s Sugar Bowl, a big sports event in New Orleans.
Jeff Hundley, CEO of the Allstate Sugar Bowl, said during a press conference that the annual college football game, which sold out, would now take place on Thursday night.
According to Hundley, the choice was made with public safety’s “best interest” in mind. Around 3:15 a.m. on Wednesday, authorities said that.
A man purposefully drove into a throng on Bourbon Street, a well-known thoroughfare in the city, killing at least 15 people and injuring over 30 more.
For real-time updates, click this link. The FBI declared the suspect deceased. It recognised him as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a Texas resident and U.S. citizen.
The Sugar Bowl, which has been contested every year since 1935, was scheduled to take place between Notre Dame and the University of Georgia at around 7:45 p.m. local time.
