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Ten folks have been killed and 30 injured after an individual drove a car into a big crowd within the coronary heart of New Orleans, Louisiana’s greatest metropolis, native officers stated on Wednesday.
The assault early on New Yr’s Day was described by native authorities in a press release as a “mass casualty incident” that occurred on the intersection of Canal Avenue and Bourbon Avenue within the centre of the town’s vacationer district. The injured have been being handled at 5 hospitals within the space, the assertion added.
Bourbon Avenue is among the most important streets within the metropolis’s historic French Quarter, which is stuffed with bars, eating places and musical venues, attracting each home and worldwide guests.
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