Vehicle ploughs into crowd in New Orleans
Newshour
BBC
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🗓️ 1 January 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
At least 10 people have died after a man intentionally drove into a large crowd in New Orleans and then began firing a weapon, according to police; they said the attacker was "hell-bent on carnage".
Also in the programme: Russian gas has stopped flowing into the European Union through Ukraine after President Zelensky refused to renew transit agreements; and.the children from Gaza finally reunited with their families.
(Photo shows police cars attending the scene on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. on 1 January 2025. Credit: ABC Affiliate WGNO via Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:06.8 | We're coming to you live from London. I'm James Menendez. |
| 0:09.9 | And we're going to start with that developing story out of New Orleans in the US. |
| 0:14.2 | At least 10 people have been killed and more than three times that number injured |
| 0:18.5 | after a vehicle drove into a crowd celebrating new year |
| 0:22.2 | in the heart of the city's historic French quarter. The incident happened just after three |
| 0:27.7 | in the morning local time around Bourbon Street and Canal Street. Police say the driver plowed |
| 0:33.0 | into the crowd at speed and then opened fire with police officers among the injured. |
| 0:39.1 | This man was working in a nearby hotel when the attack took place. |
| 0:43.0 | A little bit before 3.20 this morning, we heard loud banging sounds coming up. |
| 0:49.8 | We're in our room just pretty much closing down for the evening after the end of all the events and everything. |
| 0:55.6 | And when we looked out the window, we noticed there was a lot of bodies land on the ground. |
| 0:59.3 | Truck was speeding away. |
| 1:01.2 | Immediately ran downstairs to see if there was some people that I can help out. |
| 1:05.0 | And unfortunately, some people did perish doing that event. |
| 1:08.8 | There were some people we put into the hotel for assistance, |
| 1:11.4 | and it was just, you know, the scene was just horrific. The mayor of New Orleans, Latoya Cantrell, |
| 1:17.7 | urged people to stay away from the scene of the attack. What I'm asking at this time are prayers for |
| 1:24.5 | those who have lost their lives in the city of New Orleans due to this tragedy. |
| 1:31.1 | In addition to that, I'm asking the public to stay clear of eight blocks around Bourbon Street. |
| 1:39.3 | Stay clear from Bourbon Street, eight blocks around. |
| 1:44.8 | Very active and again, eight blocks around. Very active. |
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