US President Joe Biden said, “The authorities are investigating whether there are links between the New Orleans attack and the recent explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck in front of Donald Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas.”
Biden added in statements on Thursday: “We are following the explosion of a Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas,” noting that “law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community are investigating this matter as well, including whether there is any possible connection to the attack in New Orleans.” .
Earlier, Shams al-Din Jabbar, 42 years old, a US Army veteran, born in Texas, drove a truck carrying an ISIS flag into a crowd of New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing 15 people and wounding. Dozens.
Later, Las Vegas police announced that a Cybertruck car produced by Tesla exploded yesterday morning, Wednesday, in front of the Trump Hotel in the American city, killing one person and slightly wounding 7 others, and necessitating the evacuation of the hotel.
US authorities are investigating the explosion of a Cybertruck truck manufactured by Tesla, outside a hotel owned by President-elect Donald Trump in Las Vegas on Wednesday, as a possible terrorist act, and are also examining whether there is any connection to the New Orleans accident that resulted in the death of… At least 15 people.
Las Vegas Metro Police said, “A 2024 Cybertruck truck stopped at the hotel’s glass entrance doors, before smoke appeared from the car, and a large explosion occurred.” Seven people were slightly injured, and the identity of the driver who was killed in the explosion was not determined. .
In turn, Tesla CEO Elon Musk commented in a post on the X platform, saying, “A team at the company confirmed that the explosion was caused by “very large fireworks and/or a portable bomb” in the rental truck.”
He added that both the pickup truck and the one used in the New Orleans incident were rented from the “Toro” application, which allows subscribers to rent their vehicles, adding: “They may be related in some way.”
“The electric car maker is assisting in the investigation,” Musk said. McMahill confirmed Musk’s cooperation, saying that Tesla provided information from its systems, including vehicle data and charging station records, to assist in the investigation.
“Evil idiots chose the wrong car to launch the terrorist act, and in fact, this electric car contained the explosion and directed it upward,” Musk wrote on the X platform. Even the glass doors of the lobby were not broken.” Pointing out that the car that exploded in Las Vegas absorbed the explosion and limited its damage, adding that he deserves a “Nobel Peace Prize” for the quality of his cars.
A short while ago, the American authorities announced that 11 people were killed and others were injured in a mass shooting that took place in a nightclub in the Queens neighborhood of New York City.
Last updated: January 2, 2025 – 11:03
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