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A car exploded this Friday morning in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, after a countdown broadcast by a loudspeaker, a “deliberate” act, according to the police of that city in the southern United States.
The ground in the area was covered with glass, tree branches and bricks, and the blast burst pipes. At least three people were taken to a hospital with minor injuries, the firefighters said.
The detonation was felt for miles around. “It appears to be a deliberate act,” said Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron.
The blast took place north of the city center, near the AT&T Tower, a landmark building in the country music capital, nicknamed “Batman Tower” because of its shape. The FBI and the federal weapons and explosives agency launched an investigation.
A police patrol, called shortly before by someone to report shots, observed a caravan parked outside the AT&T company building.
Officers “heard a recording” coming from inside the vehicle, warning that a bomb was about to explode a quarter of an hour later, local police chief John Drake said.
“Evacuate now, there is a bomb. A bomb is in this vehicle and it is going to explode,” said a female voice. in that message broadcast over a loudspeaker, before starting a countdown, witnesses told the local Tennessean newspaper.
That message allowed the police to begin the evacuation of homes in the area.
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