Malfunctioning security bollards were removed from Bourbon Street before truck attack
Security barriers in New Orleans that were intended to protect pedestrians from vehicles but at times malfunctioned were removed for replacement before an attacker drove a pickup truck into a crowd along Bourbon Street.
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