World leaders denounce New Year's deadly truck attack in New Orleans

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1 January 2025 at 8:42 pm·1-min read

Police surrounded a white truck that was used to crash into a crowd of revelers in New Orleans.

International outrage follows a New Year's Eve attack in New Orleans' French Quarter, where a suspect driving a truck killed at least 15 and injured dozens more. The FBI is investigating the incident as an act of terrorism.

International condemnation poured in Wednesday for the attack on a crowd of New Year's Eve revellers in New Orleans, which killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens more.

Here is a round-up of global reactions.

France

"New Orleans, so dear to the hearts of the French, has been struck by terrorism," French President Emmanuel Macron wrote on social media platform X, posting in both French and English.

New Orleans was initially founded by colonists from France and the attack took place in the Louisiana city's famed French Quarter.

"Our thoughts are with the families of the victims and the injured, as well as with the American people, whose sorrow we share," Macron said.

Christian Estrosi, mayor of the southern city of Nice, which suffered a car-ramming attack in 2016 that killed 86 people, also sent condolences.

"The tragedy in New Orleans, a sister city of Nice, very painfully recalls our own... Our thoughts go out to the families and the lives mowed down in mid-New Year's celebrations," he said on X.

UK

"The shockingly violent attack in New Orleans is horrific," said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on X.

"This is terrible news from New Orleans," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a post on X.

(AFP)

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