British man, Edward Pettifer, among 14 killed in New Orleans truck attack

A British man was among 14 people killed in a New Year’s Day vehicle attack in New Orleans, it has been confirmed. The Metropolitan police said they were supporting the family of Edward Pettifer, 31, of Chelsea, who was killed in the attack in Bourbon Street. His family said he was a “wonderful son, brother, grandson, nephew and a friend to so many”. The New Orleans coroner gave Pettifer’s preliminary cause of death as “blunt force injuries”. Fourteen people died and at least 35 others were injured when the suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, allegedly ploughed a pick-up truck through

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