Las Vegas, Jan 2 (AP) Firework mortars and camp fuel canisters were found stuffed into the back of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel early Wednesday, killing a suspect inside the vehicle and sparking an intense investigation into possible terrorism. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and Clark County Fire Department officials said that a person died inside the futuristic-looking pickup truck and seven people nearby suffered minor injuries. Also Read | New Orleans Attack: Death Toll Rises to 15 in 'Act of Terrorism' After Car Rams Into Crowd on Bourbon Street on New Year's Day.
By late Wednesday afternoon, authorities were still working to get the body out of the vehicle and start processing the evidence inside. President Joe Biden was briefed on the explosion. “Our number one goal is to ensure that we have the proper identification of the subject involved in this incident,” said Jeremy Schwartz, acting special agent in charge for the FBI's Las Vegas office, “Following that, our second objective is to determine whether this was an act of terrorism or not.
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