On New Year’s Eve, a dreadful Incident took place on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that claimed the lives of at least 14 people and left dozens injured. A man intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd of revelers leading to multiple fatalities. However. the attacker is also dead. Authorities have identified the suspect. Meanwhile, a pak-based handle posted an image of the attacker from the New Orleans mishap and claimed that an Indian Raw operative, Shams, attacked in New Orleans, US, killing 10 people and injuring 35. He was targeting a Khalistani leader.
An X handle with the name Tactical Tribune shared the image and wrote: “An Indian RAW operative, Shams, attacked in New Orleans, US, killed 10 people and injuring 35. He was targeting a Khalistani leader”
Fact-Check
The DFRAC team investigated the above-shared claim and found it to be manipulated.
We searched some keywords on Google, which led us to recently published reports from various media outlets such as CBS News, ABC News, and Reuters. As per reports, the man behind the New Orleans Attack has been identified as a 42-year-old US-born citizen from Texas. He was a U.S. Army veteran who lived in Houston.
Apparently, no references related to India have surfaced in the reports.
Conclusion
DFRAC’s fact-check Fact-check clearly shows that the above-shared claim asserting that the man behind the New Orleans attack is an Indian RAW Operative has been manipulated since he is a Texas native who has no links to India.
Analysis: Misleading
