The FBI is investigating the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on New Year's Day as a possible terrorist attack.
At a press conference Monday night, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill said the truck driver: was killed Seven more people were injured. Law enforcement officers arriving at the scene found a gasoline can and a large fireworks mortar in the back of the vehicle.
According to Christian PosstMcMahill told reporters that the truck was rented in Colorado and arrived in Las Vegas about an hour before the explosion. The car was traveling on Las Vegas Boulevard. prior to It stops in front of the Trump Hotel. Around 8:40 morning Pacific time, the vehicle exploded; ABC News affiliate KTNV Reported. Witnesses told news outlets that the truck exploded with dozens of fireworks.. ”
“There were so many fireworks that cars exploded. just It was on fire,” he recalled.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk reacted to the Cybertruck news. It ended up being included An explosion that would have otherwise caused much more damage.
“The evil knucklehead chose the wrong vehicle for his terrorist attack. cybertruck actually They contained the explosion and directed the explosion upward,” said Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who was recently named co-lead of the Office of Government Efficiency proposal by President-elect Donald Trump. I wrote With X.
Evil knucklehead chose wrong vehicle for terrorist attack. The Cybertruck actually contained the explosion and directed it upwards.
The glass door in the lobby was also not broken. https://t.co/9vj1JdcRZV
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 2, 2025
“do not have The glass door in the lobby was also broken.. ”
The incident occurred several weeks before the presidential inauguration. January 20thwhen Trump is scheduled To take office. However, it remains unclear whether this attack was politically motivated. The explosion also occurred hours after 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar drove a pickup truck with an Islamic State flag into a crowd at a New Year's Eve celebration in Louisiana. Approximately 15 people was killedand 30 others were injured. Police then killed Jabbar during a standoff.
The attack remains under investigation by the FBI to determine whether it was an “act of terrorism.”
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