Investigators believe the Cybertruck bombing in Las Vegas was a suicide.
The incident “is similar to the tragic suicide of a military veteran struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder and other problems.” So, the FBI assessed the explosion. The military man was a fan of Donald Trump.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is classifying the actions of an American soldier who blew up a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas as a suicide. While the incident has drawn more attention than usual, “the bottom line is that this is akin to the tragic suicide of a military veteran who was struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder and other issues,” FBI investigator Spencer Evans said at a press conference on Friday, January 3.
The FBI has identified the soldier. Investigators previously identified him as 37-year-old Matthew Alan L., who served in the elite Green Berets unit. According to them, Matthew Alan L. had recently returned from a business trip to Germany and was on approved leave. The sergeant was awarded five Bronze Star awards, including one for courage in action. In addition to Germany, he also went on business trips to Ukraine, Georgia, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Congo.
In his farewell letter, the military man called the United States the best country in the world.
An explosion near a hotel owned by US President-elect Donald Trump occurred on the morning of January 1. A rented electric pickup truck loaded with fireworks exploded outside the building, injuring seven people. Before his car exploded and burned, the man shot himself in the head.
According to investigators, the soldier did not hate Trump. The American publication The Daily Beast quotes an official as saying that L. was a big fan of Trump and voted for him in November. A military uncle told Britain’s Independent newspaper that his nephew “loved his country 100 percent, loved Trump and was always a very patriotic soldier and American.”
The FBI does not connect the explosion in Las Vegas with the terrorist attack in New Orleans, where a few hours earlier a man drove a car into a crowd of people. At the press conference, investigators announced excerpts from the soldier’s farewell letter, in which he calls the United States the best country in the world, “now terminally ill and heading towards its collapse.” The military man called his actions “not a terrorist attack, but a wake-up call.”
Americans only pay attention to spectacle and violence. What better way to get your point across than with a stunt involving fireworks and explosives? – the letter says.
Source: Racurs
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