Three voice recordings belonging to Şemseddin Cabbar, who killed 15 people by driving a truck into the New Year’s celebrations in the US state of New Orleans, have been obtained. About a year before the attack, Cabbar had expressed his belief that music, intoxicants, sex and other pleasures were “evil things that deserve to be destroyed,” and had previously been convicted of drunk driving.

About a year before the attack, Cabbar had expressed his belief that music, intoxicants, sex and other pleasures were “evil things that deserve to be destroyed.”
An account opened under the name “Jabbar” on the SoundCloud platform released three recordings, each about 20 minutes long, containing this and other radical views. According to the Guardian newspaper, the voice in the recordings matches the voice heard in a video promoting the real estate business that Cabbar runs.


Jabbar’s rhetoric then escalates.
US President Joe Biden said the FBI told him and White House aides that agents had detected that just hours before the attack, Jabbar “had posted videos on social media suggesting he was inspired by ISIS and expressed a desire to kill.”


Other legal issues include a DUI conviction and, first reported by TMZ, a restraining order filed by his ex-wife, who claims he was abusive.
