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Last Updated: 26 – Dec – 2020 18:01
The explosion in Nashville, Tennessee, occupied the world, injuring 3 people and settling in the hospital, as well as damaging dozens of buildings in the heart of the country music capital of the United States.
On Friday, US authorities found human remains at the scene of the truck explosion in Nashville, meaning fatalities are likely in the explosion.
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At a news conference, Nashville Mayor John Cooper said that the bomb that exploded was deliberately placed on the truck, declaring a nighttime curfew in Nashville until Sunday.
John Cooper urged citizens to stay away from the city center while police and federal authorities began an investigation.
At the same conference, the Nashville Police Chief explained that we are examining all hypotheses to find out the causes of the explosion, confirming that body parts have been found at the site, and continued: “We are verifying if they were human remains.”
The caravan, which was parked on a street in the center of Tennessee’s largest city, exploded in the early hours of Friday, moments after police responded to reports of gunfire in the area, noticed the mobile home and heard an automated message. issued by her warning of a bomb.
Police said they still did not know if someone was inside the trailer when it exploded and also posted a photo of the vehicle on a Nashville street.
Police did not provide any possible motives and no one claimed responsibility, although Nashville police officers described the explosion as a “deliberate act” and vowed to identify its source.
Don Aaron, a Nashville Police spokesman, indicated that the explosion felt by residents 9 blocks away knocked down a police officer, causing temporary hearing loss, and indicated that residents had reported seeing several vehicles that were burned among the wreckage.
For his part, former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) deputy Andrew McCabe told CNN that an explosion of this magnitude “will be investigated as a possible terrorist act.”
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