“At this point, there is no compelling link between the New Orleans attack and the Las Vegas attack.” Christopher Raia, a senior FBI official, said at a press conference.
However, he warned that the investigation was still in its preliminary stages.
A Cybertruck pickup from Elon Musk's Tesla brand exploded on Wednesday in front of the Trump hotel in Las Vegas, killing one person and injuring several others.
US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that authorities were investigating whether there was “any possible connection” between this explosion and the deadly attack in New Orleans, which left at least 14 dead, specifying that nothing had indicated this until then.
Images posted on social media showed a gray Cybertruck electric vehicle, parked in front of the hotel entrance where the name “Trump” is displayed in large letters, explode in a huge cloud of smoke.
Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla, who has become a close ally of Donald Trump, claimed on his social networkwas caused by large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the back of the rented Cybertruck“and that she was”not linked to the vehicle itself“, without supporting his point.
Questioned by the press, Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill said Wednesday that there was “no indication” allowing a link to be established between the explosion in front of the Trump hotel and the Islamic State (IS) group.
“There is no visible ISIS flag as was the case in New Orleans“, the police officer said.
