Biden says investigators looking for links between New Orleans attack, Las Vegas incident

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that law enforcement is investigating whether there are any links between a New Orleans truck attack and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas.

"We're tracking the explosion of a Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas," Biden said. "Law enforcement and the intelligence community are investigating this as well, including whether there's any possible connection with the attack in New Orleans."

Fifteen people were killed after a U.S. Army veteran steered a pickup truck into a crowd of revelers in New Orleans on New Year's Day. The attack also injured about 30 other people, including two police officers wounded by gunfire from the suspect.

The suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. citizen from Texas, was killed in a shootout with police after ramming the crowd.

The FBI is investigating the accident as an act of terrorism, the agency said in a statement, expressing the belief that the suspect might not be "solely responsible" for the ramming.

In another incident on Wednesday, a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside a hotel belonging to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Las Vegas, killing the driver while seven people received "minor" injuries, according to Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill.

FBI special agent in charge Jeremy Schwartz told reporters that it was not yet clear whether the blast was an act of terrorism.

(With input from agencies)