What are we know about the Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing?
A Woman and a Woman in the X-ray Blast at the Palm Springs, Fla., Blast Site Explosions on March 11, 2017
Bomb technicians were scouring the blast site over the weekend as part of the ongoing investigation, which was being led by the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said Saturday evening that she had been briefed on the explosion. She said that the Trump administration understands that women and mothers are the heartbeat of America, in a post on X.
The post reads, “This moment has shaken us, but it has not stopped us.” “We will continue to serve with strength, love, and the hope that brings new life into the world.”
No staff were injured and the reproductive materials were undamaged when a vehicle exploded in its parking lot.
Palm Springs Police Chief Andrew Mills said Sunday that the public was not in any more danger. I am absolutely confident in the city’s safety. There is no continuing threat to our community as a result of this incident,” he said.
An FBI spokesman confirmed that Barktkus was a misandrist and promortalist in the aftermath of the weekend bombing
A large portion of the vehicle was thrown in the air and several blocks away, because of the powerful bomb used. Davis said you can use your imagination to find out how big that bomb device was. He would not comment on the type of materials used in the bomb, saying it was still under investigation. Bartkus was driving a silver 2010 Ford Fusion sedan, Davis said.
Laura Eimiller confirmed that the agency was scrutinizing evidence that suggested that it’s wrong to have children.
According to LAist, Bartkus posted writings and an audio recording about the attack online, which surfaced in the aftermath of the weekend bombing. He described himself as a “misandrist” and “promortalist,” a reference to the belief that it is ethical to end suffering by ending lives, the website reported. Bartkus said in the recording that he was anti-life. “Intrega is a kind of epitome of pro-life ideology.” NPR has not independently verified this audio.
“We are working through some other technical means to positively identify the decedent here, but we believe at this moment based on the evidence that we’ve gathered that that is Mr. Bartkus as the decedent here,” Akil Davis, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, said at a Sunday morning press conference.
Davis said investigators believe Barktus was trying to livestream the bombing. The 25-year-old had not previously appeared on the FBI’s radar but may have had encounters with other law enforcement agencies, Davis added.
The FBI identified Bartkus, a criminal suspect in the bombing at the American Reproductive Center — a Palm Springs facility operation that had operated since 2006
The investigators looked at online posts and other writings made by Bartkus. “The subject had nihilistic thoughts and was a target for this attack,” Davis said on Sunday. Nihilism views existence as worthless because it rejects values and beliefs.
Davis said officials were “fairly confident” that Bartkus was the person who died near the vehicle.
The FBI identified Bartkus, who lived in Twentynine Palms about 60 miles from Palm Springs, as its main suspect in the bombing. The investigators said that a search warrant had been executed there.
In a news conference on Sunday, Davis of the FBI thanked the Palm Springs police and fire departments as well as FBI bomb technicians for working quickly to ensure that none of the embryos at the facility were lost.
In times like these, it is important that we remember just how precious life is, and that our mission has always been to help build families.
Black smoke and flames are visible from the inside of the clinic’s building, which was badly damaged in a photo that was posted on the social networking site.
The blast cut through the American Reproductive Centers (ARC) fertility clinic, which has been operating in Palm Springs since 2006, according to its website.
The bomb at the Aliso Viejo spa was deadly but investigators said the blast was bigger. “This was probably the largest bombing scene that we’ve had in Southern California,” said Akil Davis, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office.
A debris field was found by the first responders at the scene of an explosion on North Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs.