A ‘wonderful’ British man who was among the victims of the New Year’s day attack in New Orleans in which 14 people were killed has been named.
Edward Pettifer, from Chelsea, west London, was killed in the attack, the Metropolitan Police confirmed. Dozens of people were injured and 14 were killed when 42-year-old army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s rented SUV rammed into a crowd of people on the state’s famous Bourbon Street in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said the attack was “premeditated” and an “evil” act of terrorism, and added Jabbar was “100% inspired by ISIS”, also known as Islamic State.
“He was a wonderful son, brother, grandson, nephew and a friend to so many,” Pettifer’s family said in a statement.
“We will all miss him terribly. Our thoughts are with the other families who have lost their family members due to this terrible attack. We request that we can grieve the loss of Ed as a family in private.”
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