Palm Springs: "Anti-natalist ideology appears to be the motive behind Saturday's deadly bombing in Palm Springs," two senior law enforcement officials told US local media on Sunday. Investigators are reviewing social media posts made by the suspect, whose identity has been confirmed by authorities as Guy Edward Bartkus, and is believed to have detonated the explosive in Saturday's attack, which claimed his own life.
According to Kuwait News Agency, officials said the suspect's posts voiced anti-natalist views. Because the bombing occurred outside a fertility clinic, the FBI deemed the blast as an act of terrorism. The fertility clinic reported that no employees were injured during the blast and added that the eggs, embryos, and reproductive materials were not damaged.
Nearby businesses were rocked by the blast at about 11 a.m. after a car parked behind the clinic exploded. The explosion occurred on the 1100 block of North Indian Canyon Drive, near Desert Regional Hospital. Resident Dustin Burns described the scene: "I heard this huge boom, like a sonic wave of sound, and I jumped up and ran outside and saw this large black smoke rising up, almost like a mushroom cloud. It was pretty terrifying."
Law enforcement officials have yet to reveal the name of the deceased. They did not detail the severity of the injuries of those who were hurt. Earlier, an explosion occurred in front of a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, which the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) termed as an "intentional act of terror," said authorities.