[ad_1]
Monday, December 28, 2020
Dead in explosion
FBI: Nashville terrorist is dead
The investigation continues after the explosion of a motor home in the American city of Nashville. According to information from the FBI, the attacker died in the detonation. According to current knowledge, he acted alone.
The perpetrator responsible for the explosion in Nashville on Christmas Day acted alone and was killed in the detonation. That said, representatives of the Prosecutor’s Office and the FBI of the Federal Police. The perpetrator was identified on the basis of DNA samples, said local FBI chief Douglas Korneski.
Investigators had found human tissue near the exploded trailer, which could be compared to other DNA samples after a search of his home. “We have concluded that a person named Anthony Warner was the attacker,” said prosecutor Donald Cochran. “He was there when the bomb detonated and he died in the explosion,” Cochran said.
The motive for the 63-year-old perpetrator was initially unclear. Warner was not previously known to police as a suspect, he said. Investigators have not yet provided information on the type of explosive used by the perpetrator.
Neighbors describe the 63-year-old as lonely
The 63-year-old has already been widely reported in the American media. According to the Washington Post, several neighbors said the man had a motor home like the one that exploded in Nashville. The vehicle had been standing in the courtyard of the house in the Antioquia district for months.
Some neighbors described the man as a loner. “He never saw anyone come or go,” one of them told The Tennessean newspaper. The man himself didn’t go anywhere either. “As far as we know, he was a computer geek who worked at home.” According to the local newspaper, the 63-year-old ran an alarm systems company in the 1990s.
The trailer exploded Friday morning in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. There was great material damage, three people were injured. Before the blast, a loudspeaker announcement from the trailer called for people to leave the area. The police officers who were there were able to get the residents to safety.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee urged outgoing US President Donald Trump to declare a state of emergency to provide federal funding quickly. Lee visited the area of the blast on Saturday. The governor called for an examination of partially historic buildings near the crime scene for their “structural integrity and safety.”
