The vehicle was loaded with fuel, pyrotechnics and/or a bomb and the deceased is the driver of the truck. The incident is being investigated as a possible terrorist attack and it cannot be ruled out that there is a connection with the attack in New Orleans.
One person has died and seven others were slightly injured after an explosion in a Tesla Cybertruck electric van next to the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The incident is being investigated as a possible terrorist attack and it cannot be ruled out that this is the case related to the attack happened hours ago in New Orleans.
Las Vegas police said the explosion occurred in the hotel parking lot around 8:40 a.m. on Wednesday (5:40 p.m. in the Basque Country). The deceased was in the vehicle, explained Sheriff Kevin McMahill, quoted by the area NBC affiliate.
The truck, which had been rented hours earlier in Colorado, was transported in the back fuel, large fireworks and/or a bomb. Images have been published on social networks showing how the electric van stopped and the explosion came from the back of the vehicle.
“We are following the explosion of a (Tesla) Cybertruck in front of the Trump Hotel. Law enforcement and intelligence are investigating, including whether there is a possible connection to the attack in New Orleans,” US President Joe Biden said in a statement. short speech to the nation.
Billionaire Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and “The evil imbeciles chose the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack,” he claimed.
Las Vegas Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill stated at a news conference that the fact that the vehicle involved was a Tesla Cybertruck “really limited the damage caused.”
“We have confirmed that the explosion was caused by large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the back of the rented Cybertruck and is not related to the vehicle itself,” he said after announcing that “the entire Tesla management team” was investigating . the “case”, as he had “never” seen anything like it.
Source: EITB
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