NewsTesla explosion near Trump hotel raises security questions

Tesla explosion near Trump hotel raises security questions

The Tesla Cybertruck that exploded in Las Vegas outside Donald Trump's hotel was rented by a 36-year-old active special forces soldier, CNN reported on Thursday.

Police in front of the Trump hotel
Police in front of the Trump hotel
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Aleksandra Wieczorek

The incident took place on Wednesday in Las Vegas outside Donald Trump's hotel. According to CNN, the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded had been rented by a 36-year-old special forces soldier. However, it has still not been determined if he was the one who perished in the explosion.

The station, citing government officials, noted that the man was a Green Beret stationed in Germany with the 10th Special Forces Group. He was on holiday in the USA and had rented the car in Colorado.

It is not known whether he drove the vehicle to the hotel entrance and detonated fireworks and fuel tanks. The identity of the driver who died has not yet been confirmed. As a result of the explosion, seven people also suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Explosion in Las Vegas. Joe Biden on the investigation

President Joe Biden stated that investigators are examining whether the explosion is connected to a New Year's attack by an ISIS sympathiser in New Orleans.

The attacker from New Orleans was a former soldier and, like the man who rented the Tesla, also rented an electric pickup truck (Ford F-150 Lightning) through the same mobile app, Turo.

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