A Tesla Cybertruck, Elon Musk’s iconic pickup truck, exploded on Wednesday in front of the Trump hotel in Las Vegas, killing one person. Authorities are closely examining this tragic incident to determine if there is a link to the deadly attack in New Orleans, as noted by Joe Biden.
Videos posted on social media show the gray vehicle parked in front of the hotel, turning into a huge cloud of smoke. “There is a deceased person inside the Cybertruck”Las Vegas Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a press conference. He also said that seven other people were suffering from “minor injuries”. In a speech, Joe Biden confirmed that authorities were investigating whether there was “some possible connection” between this explosion and the deadly attack in New Orleans, adding that nothing indicated ” so far “. However, FBI agent Jeremy Schwartz said: “We believe this is an isolated event”.
Before Joe Biden’s statement, Elon Musk had claimed on X that the explosion had “was caused by large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the back of the rented Cybertruck and is not linked to the vehicle itself”without supporting his point. “We have never seen anything like this”he added. Musk, an ally of Donald Trump, is also charged with an extra-governmental mission of deregulation and reducing public spending.
“No IS flag visible”
This explosion comes a few hours after a former American soldier, identified by the FBI as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was suspected of having rushed into the crowd in New Orleans. This attack, treated as a “act of terrorism” by the federal police, left at least 15 dead and around thirty injured. Investigators found an Islamic State group flag in the vehicle.
-When questioned by the press, Sheriff McMahill affirmed that there was no “no indication” allowing a link to be established between the explosion in front of the Trump hotel and the Islamic State group. ‘There is no visible ISIS flag, as was the case in New Orleans’he clarified. “As you can imagine, with an explosion here on our iconic Las Vegas Boulevard, we are taking every precaution to keep our community safe. »
The rear of the vehicle contained cans of gasoline and “large fireworks mortars”he indicated, estimating that the structure of the Cybertruck had “permit to limit the damage”. “Most of the explosion passed through the [véhicule] from the top and came out. If you watch this video, you’ll see that the glass doors of the Trump Hotel weren’t even shattered by the explosion.”he added.
(With AFP)
