First victim identified as Nikyra Cheyenne Dedeaux, who had traveled to New Orleans with a cousin and a friend

• New Orleans vehicle attack – latest updates

The first details of the victims of the suspected terrorist attack on New Orleans’s nightlife center of Bourbon Street have begun to emerge as the city and the US absorbed the shocking news.

A fast-moving vehicle had ploughed into the crowds of New Year’s Eve revelers celebrating the first hours of 2025 early on Thursday morning. The gunman driving the vehicle also exchanged fire with police, before being shot dead himself.