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The day after a mobile home exploded in Nashville, Tennessee, injuring three people, US authorities identified 63-year-old Anthony Quinn Warner as the “attacker,” after comparing his DNA with human remains found. found at the crash site.
“We concluded that a person named Anthony Warner was the attacker. He was present when the bomb exploded and he died,” said Don Cochran, US attorney general for the Central District of Tennessee, according to CNN.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch told the news conference that the DNA taken from the scene matched Warner’s, according to forensic analysts.
Warner, 63, of neighboring Antioch, Tennessee, was identified as a VIP in the explosion of a van in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning.
The blast damaged dozens of buildings, injured three people and shut down AT & T’s wireless service in and around Nashville.
Douglas Korniski, the FBI special agent in charge of the Memphis field office, said there was no indication that anyone else was involved and the motive had yet to be determined.
During a press conference, Korniski declined to comment when asked if the explosion could be considered national terrorism. Kourinsky said forensic analysts at the FBI lab in Quantico, Virginia and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation compared DNA taken from the blast site to Warner. The RV’s vehicle identification number also matched Warner.
Anyone who knows or has known Warner should contact the FBI so investigators can determine why, Korniski said. “These answers will not come quickly. Although we may be able to answer some of these questions … but none of these answers will be sufficient for those affected by this event,” he added.
CBS News obtained an image that law enforcement sources confirmed was Warner and is being used in the investigation. Traffic is still diverted from the city center.
Mayor John Cooper said the area would be “closed” for further investigation and that the curfew was extended until 4:30 pm Monday.
AT&T said Sunday that 75% of the interrupted service had been restored, WTVF reported.
Federal agents are investigating more than 500 information and combing the scene of the Nashville explosion, the day after a motor home exploded, injuring three people in the heart of America’s country music capital on Christmas Day.
Hundreds of federal and local police are involved in the investigation of the explosion, which occurred on Friday, which destroyed several cars, damaged more than 40 businesses and left traces of destruction in a wide area.
Sources from the US security services revealed that investigative teams believed that the powerful attack that shook the city of Nashville on Friday was perpetrated by a suicide bomber, according to CNN.
