🇺🇸⚡️- "The van crashed into the crowd at high speed and then the driver got out and started shooting a weapon and the police fired back at him." - CBS News.

🇺🇸⚡️- "A horrific act of violence took place on Bourbon Street earlier this morning. Please join Sharon and I in praying for all the victims and first responders on scene. I urge all near the scene to avoid the area." - Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry.

🇺🇸⚡️- The death toll in the New Orleans attack has risen to 12, according to local media.

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: The attack in New Orleans is now being classified as an act of terrorism.

🇺🇸⚡️- The New Orleans Police Department says the attacker intentionally plowed his vehicle into a crowd of civilians, before exiting his vehicle and firing indiscriminately.

One officer from the New Orleans Police Department has been injured by gunfire.

🇹🇷⚡- Scenes from the "Hagia Sophia yesterday, Umayyad today, al-Aqsa tomorrow" march in Istanbul, Turkey.

🇺🇸⚡️- Photos of the truck used in the attack have been circulating in local media.

🇺🇸⚡️- "The attacker has not been apprehended." - ABC News, citing the New Orleans Police Department.

🇺🇸⚡- Witnesses of the New Orleans attack are quoted:

“All I seen was a truck slamming into everyone on the left side of Bourbon sidewalk. A body came flying at me,”

“Everyone started yelling and screaming and running to the back, and then we basically went into lockdown for a little bit and then it calmed down but they wouldn’t let us leave.”

“When they finally let us out of the club, police waved us where to walk and were telling us to get out of the area fast. I saw a few dead bodies they couldn’t even cover up and tons of people receiving first aid.”

🇺🇸⚡️- The casualty count in the New Orleans attack has risen to 12 dead, at least 50 injured.

🇺🇸⚡️- Mayor LaToya Cantrell has begun a press briefing on the attack.

🇺🇸⚡️- "The city of New Orleans was impacted by a terrorist attack." - Mayor of New Orleans, LaToya Cantrell.

🇺🇸⚡️- "I have been in contact with the White House and the governor. I ask for prayers due to this tragedy." - Mayor of New Orleans, LaToya Cantrell.

🇺🇸⚡️- "Stay clear from Bourbon Street. A unified command is in place right now." - Mayor of New Orleans, LaToya Cantrell.

🇺🇸⚡️- Superintendent of New Orleans Police Department Anne Kirkpatrick has begun speaking.

🇺🇸⚡️- "With respect to numbers, we have - right now, and this could change - there are 26 injured people in hospital. We know we have 10 people that this man [the attacker] has killed." - Superintendent of NOPD, Anne Kirkpatrick.

🇺🇸⚡️- "The majority of casualties are locals, not tourists." - Superintendent of NOPD, Anne Kirkpatrick.

🇺🇸⚡️- "Two of our officers have been shot. They are stable." - Superintendent of NOPD, Anne Kirkpatrick.