'People started running' - witnesses tell of New Orleans carnage

Ten radical person been killed and 35 others injured after a antheral intentionally drove into a ample assemblage successful New Orleans and past began firing a weapon, constabulary person said.

Police main Anne Kirkpatrick said the attacker drove a pickup motortruck on Bourbon Street "very accelerated ... trying to tally arsenic galore radical arsenic helium could" astatine astir 03:15 (08:15 GMT). He crashed barriers and past changeable and injured 2 constabulary officers.

She said the antheral was "hell-bent connected creating the carnage and the harm that helium did". Police did not disclose immoderate accusation astir the presumption of the attacker.

A witnesser told the BBC that helium "walked past dormant and injured bodies each implicit the street" successful the aftermath.

A CBS newsman saw aggregate radical with injuries connected the crushed astatine the intersection of Bourbon and Canal streets.

A video confirmed arsenic genuine by BBC Verify amusement a idiosyncratic lying connected the crushed and a assemblage scattering arsenic what look to beryllium gunshots are heard. Another shows 2 injured radical lying successful a street.

Whit Davis, from Shreveport, Louisiana, told the BBC that helium had been successful a barroom successful the Bourbon Street country erstwhile the attacker struck. He did not perceive the clang and shooting arsenic the euphony was excessively loud.

"People started moving and getting nether tables similar it was an progressive shooter drill. Then the constabulary held america successful the barroom for a portion and erstwhile we were yet allowed to permission we were walking past dormant and injured bodies each implicit the street," helium said.

"Everyone was conscionable wholly successful shock," helium added. "I sojourn New Orleans often and person ne'er seen thing adjacent to this bad."

FBI peculiar cause Althea Duncan, who is starring the investigation, said an improvised explosive instrumentality was besides recovered astatine the country and they were moving connected confirming whether it was "viable".

Jim and Nicole Mowrer, who were visiting New Orleans from Iowa, told CBS that they were successful the French Quarter erstwhile they heard crashing noises down the street.

They said they saw a achromatic motortruck slam done a barricade "at a precocious complaint of speed", past heard gunshots aft the crashing noises.

"We stayed successful the alcove until the gunfire stopped, came retired into the street, and came crossed a batch of - respective radical who had been hit, [we] wanted to spot what we could bash to help," Nicole said.

They tried to assistance radical they recovered wounded, but realised the victims had died. They said the motortruck deed radical lone astir a artifact distant from wherever they were walking.

The mates said the victims they saw had injuries from the motortruck impact, and they did not spot immoderate evident gunshot wounds. They said they near the country erstwhile exigency responders started arriving.

Initial reports look to bespeak that a bulk of the victims were locals, constabulary said.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry says successful a station connected X that helium was "praying for each the victims and archetypal responders connected scene".

"A horrific enactment of unit took spot connected Bourbon Street earlier this morning," Landry wrote.