Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to increase the state’s Anti-Terrorism Task Force resources in light of the deadly terrorist attack in New Orleans last week, the governor’s office announced.

“Terrorism has no place in Texas,” Abbott said. “Law enforcement at all levels must aggressively collaborate to eliminate radicalization that can lead to terrorist attacks.”

Early New Year’s Day, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing 14 people and injuring dozens of others before being shot to death by police, according to authorities. Jabbar moved into a predominately Muslim neighborhood last year, just north of Houston, and was a native of Texas.

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