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Rhiannon12866

(225,879 posts)
Wed Jan 1, 2025, 08:19 PM Jan 1

Tesla Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas being investigated as possible terror attack - MSNBC Reports



The Tesla Cybertruck that caught fire outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas is now being investigated as a possible terror attack. Sources say the vehicle was rented through the same service used by the suspect in the New Orleans incident. Tesla CEO Elon Musk addressed the situation on X, writing, "The whole Tesla senior team is investigating this matter right now. We’ll post more information as soon as we learn anything. We’ve never seen anything like this." - Aired on 01/01/2024.
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Tesla Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas being investigated as possible terror attack - MSNBC Reports (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jan 1 OP
Sounds like the driver lit fireworks inside the vehicle. magicarpet Jan 1 #1
Thanks! I agree and it sounds awful! I will never understand what could possibly motivate these horrible acts Rhiannon12866 Jan 1 #2
Fanatical behavior most likely based upon extremist religious dogma. magicarpet Jan 2 #3

magicarpet

(17,254 posts)
1. Sounds like the driver lit fireworks inside the vehicle.
Wed Jan 1, 2025, 11:08 PM
Jan 1

Like a tube rocket launcher shot into the interior roof of the cyber truck. The big explosion noises heard were the big boom of the fireworks detonating inside the vehicle. This being the source of the vehicle blaze.

Heard in passing on a news report.

Rhiannon12866

(225,879 posts)
2. Thanks! I agree and it sounds awful! I will never understand what could possibly motivate these horrible acts
Wed Jan 1, 2025, 11:24 PM
Jan 1

Last we heard he hadn't yet been removed from the truck.

magicarpet

(17,254 posts)
3. Fanatical behavior most likely based upon extremist religious dogma.
Thu Jan 2, 2025, 10:36 AM
Jan 2

Graphic comment - burnt human flesh....

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With multiple explosions from the fireworks mortars and rockets fired off into the confined space of the Tesla Cybertruck and the fire that resulted,... the body of the driver must have melted into the seats of the truck with barely more remaining than a charred and burnt skeleton. Human fat burns like gasoline.

Removing the remains will likely require hours upon hours using a puddy knife, a chisel, tweezers, and a dust pan and brush. With bits and pieces going into a bodybag. Not much of the body will remain for forensic studies.

There is a job I would rather not do.
No thanks.

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