They felt comfortable in their homes because their brothers and sisters were in detention centres and camps, before urging them to “repeat the attack on them and the days of those who preceded you on this path.”

So, lie in wait for them, lie in wait, and seize opportunities and attack them like a hungry lion attacks its heedless prey,” the message read. “Let none of you be cowardly or weak, and let the saying of Allah be before your eyes: Come and fight the polytheists all together as they fight you all together, so put your trust in God and repeat the days of terror against the Crusaders with killing, spite, and torture, for the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him

The attack in New Orleans occurred roughly two weeks after a suspected terrorist attack on a Christmas market in Germany. A Saudi psychiatrist was reportedly arrested in connection with the December 20 car-ramming at a packed Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, which killed five people, including a nine-year-old kid, and injured more than 200 others.