A man linked to the explosion this Wednesday of a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas, Nevada, in front of a Trump chain hotel, He is an active United States soldier, according to official sources cited by the media.
The authorities are investigating whether this case is connected to the mass car accident in New Orleans, perpetrated the same day by American citizen Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, a United States veteran, and which left at least 15 dead.
The FBI is investigating both cases as possible acts of terrorism and is analyzing whether they are linked to each other.
The driver of the Cybertruck died and seven other people who died were near the Trump International Hotel were injured.
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According to the Police, the driver detonated a combination of fireworks, gasoline and fuel tanks that were in the rear of the vehicle.
The car was loaded with gas cylinders and camping fuel, and high-caliber pyrotechnic mortars, according to the Las Vegas Police.
The Cybertruck was rented in Colorado through the Turo platform (which has a similar rental system between people like Airbnb), as was the van used in the New Orleans accident, as confirmed by the company in a statement.
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Turo stressed in the note that he does not believe that the tenants had criminal records. “that they would have been identified as a security threat.”
The CNN channel noted, citing official sources, that the man linked to the explosion in Las Vegas was an active duty soldier.
Meanwhile, media from Colorado, where the man rented the vehicle, They identify the suspect as Matthew Livelsberger, 37, a “U.S. Army veteran.”
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