According to media reports, the suspect known as Guy Edward Bartkus has been connected to a bombing at a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California
The blast occurred just before 11 AM local time on Saturday, killing one person and injuring at least five others and shook the neighbourhood around the American Reproductive Centres, where couples go for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment.
Who is Guy Edward Bartkus, suspect killed in bombing of American Reproductive Centres fertility clinic Palm Springs, California
One person was killed and four others were injured in the Saturday explosion. It is thought that Edward Bartkus was the only person killed in the American Reproductive Centers explosion.
Guy Edward Bartkus
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The FBI has now named 25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus as the suspect in the Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing that killed one and injured five. Authorities said that it was a targeted act of terrorism.
At a press conference on Sunday, Akil Davis, assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, said, “We are fairly confident that Mr. Bartkus is our primary suspect. The subject had nihilistic ideations, and this was a targeted attack against the IVF (in vitro fertilisation) facility. Make no mistake. We are treating this … as an intentional act of terrorism.”
Davis also said this was the first time Bartkus had appeared on the FBI’s radar but that he may have had contacts with other law enforcement agencies.
According to the New York Post, local police have called the attack an “intentional act of terrorism.”
BREAKING: FBI confirms Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, is dead suspect in Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing pic.twitter.com/2XnTBTYZee
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Twentynine Palms, a little city about 35 miles northeast of Palm Springs, was where Edward Bartkus, 25, lived. According to reports, he published an online manifesto declaring himself as a pro-mortalist who holds that humans are created against their will.
FBI said that Bartkus was from 29 Palms and died at the scene and was driving a silver 2010 Ford Fusion.
Bartkus allegedly left behind a 30-minute audio tape in which he described his motivation for the alleged attack, according to BNO News. “I thought I would just record myself stating why I have chosen to bomb an IVF clinic or building,” he stated. “Basically, I’m upset that I’m here and that, you know, no one got my permission to bring me here.”
According to reports, Bartkus tried to videotape the attack by setting up a tripod with a camera, but the video did not post to his website.
In the FAQ section of his website, Bartkus shared that his best friend, Sophie, who held similar beliefs, had recently died after convincing her boyfriend to shoot her in her sleep. “If I recall correctly, we had agreed that if one of us died, the other would probably soon follow,” he wrote.
The death of Sophie Tinney, 27, at Fox Island, Washington, on April 22 seemed to fit Bartkus’ story. Lars Eugene Nelson, 29, her lover, was taken into custody and accused of second-degree murder. Investigators think that while she was asleep, Tinney convinced Nelson to shoot her in the head.
Notably, the explosion happened inside American Reproductive Centres, a reproductive clinic and IVF lab located at 1199 N Indian Canyon Drive, just before 11 AM on Saturday. The explosion, which was audible throughout the region, broke windows and damaged surrounding buildings.
BREAKING: The FBI has officially identified the Palm Springs fertility clinic bomber as 25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus of 29 Palms.
He drove a silver Ford Fusion—loaded with explosives—and detonated it outside a medical center that helps create life.
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