World News | Authorities Investigating Palm Springs, California, Fertility Clinic Explosion Identify Suspect
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Authorities identified the suspect in the explosion at a Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic as Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, of Twentynine Palms, saying at a news conference Sunday that he is the man suspected to have died in the bombing that injured four other people.
Palm Springs, May 18 (AP) Authorities identified the suspect in the explosion at a Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic as Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, of Twentynine Palms, saying at a news conference Sunday that he is the man suspected to have died in the bombing that injured four other people.
Akil Davis, the head of the FBI's Los Angeles field office, said that all embryos at the facility were saved.
“Good guys one, bad guys zero,” Davis said.
Investigators called the explosion on Saturday an “intentional act of terrorism.” The suspect posted writings online and attempted to record the explosion, though authorities said the video failed to upload online. An official who was not authorised to discuss details of the attack spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press.
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The blast gutted the single-story American Reproductive Centres clinic in upscale Palm Springs, though a doctor told the Associated Press its staff were safe.
“Thank God today happened to be a day that we have no patients,” Dr. Maher Abdallah, who leads the clinic, told the AP in a phone interview.
The person believed responsible for an attack posted rambling online writings before the explosion, according to a law enforcement official.
“Make no mistake: This is an intentional act of terrorism,” Akil Davis, the head of the FBI's Los Angeles field office, told an evening news conference. (AP)
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