Two Terrorist Attacks In One Day - WTF?
 

15 dead, 30 injured after a man from TX rammed his truck through the NYE crowd with an ISIS flag on a pole mounted to his trailer hitch. Today a Cybertruck driver drove into the entrance to the Las Vegas Trump tower and detonated a bed load of mortar style explosives, driver dead and 7 injured. Two middle eastern style terrorist attacks within 24 hours, I hope this isn’t the beginning of the terror campaign that many have been warning about….

Deleted to stay away from PARF. General population needs to see this.


edit---too late. My apologies.

Drove into the entrance?

From nbc: “The Cybertruck was rented from Turo, the rental company that rented the truck used in the New Orleans attack, two officials said.”

Preemptive move to P Town only.

HD Turo is that company where individuals rent their cars out....kinda like air bnb for vehicles.

Damn, I was hoping we could discuss this like adults. Pretty sure those killed or injured weren’t political targets. This should concern ALL of us, because I’d bet the majority of Pelicans have been to NOLA and Vegas.

Seahawk if you can delete my stuff and put it back I promise to leave the obvious out of it.


OWP I agree...this is where 'politics' is an unfair, if understandable, categorization.

Well if you just look at the surface level facts, flying an ISIS flag on your murdertruck is a pretty obvious and intentional message. Facts are facts.

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The guy in the New Orleans attack was former US military .

https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-killed-10-orleans-terror-180036204.html

I hope to see, to paraphrase the 16th, the better nature of you guys and gals…

Prayers for the victims and their families.

From a Elon X post …

Appears likely to be an act of terrorism.

Both this Cybertruck and the F-150 suicide bomb in New Orleans were rented from Turo. Perhaps they are linked in some way.

Based on the surveillance video from Trump Tower, the Cybertruck driver pulled under the awning at the main entrance, paused, and detonated his “bomb”. He’s the only one reported dead, but it looks like a classic suicide car bomb sending a message to the incoming administration.

Renting both from Turo is interesting but may be a coincidence. Where else would you rent a Cybertruck? More interesting is why the F150 used in NOLA crossed into the USA over our Southern Border from Mexico in November, supposedly being driven by someone else. Why would you need to source an F150 rental from Mexico? And if it was driven over by someone else, why is the FBI now saying that he acted alone?

I don't believe terrorists think as much about our domestic politics as we do. I think they hate the whole country, and the timing seems like they just wanted to mess up our celebration of the New Year. There are a lot better opportunities to make a pointed response to our domestic politics than New Years Eve.

Both vehicles were rented 6,000 pound+ electric vehicles.

Agree. This was simply an act of hatred for the United States.

Is there any word about the ID of the Cybertruck driver?

He has been identified, but the authorities have not released his name…

Thoughts and prayer go out to the victims.

It seems like the odds of both of these similar types of attacks and using Turo being a coincidence is very small.

Seems like EVs would make particularly good terrorist vehicles due to the difficultly in extinguishing the ensuing fires.

Elon commented on X that the stainless steel skin of the Cybertruck actually helped to contain the blast because it’s stronger than traditional steel or aluminum. Could be typical Elon BS but the shell of the truck was pretty much intact, the blast blew the bed cover vertically and directed the blast upwards. Maybe it’s a coincidence but the symbolism of putting Musk’s newest product under the atrium of Trump’s hotel and blowing it up seems very suspect. Also considering the NOLA attacker was a US citizen, who knows what the motivation was? This also assumes they are connected, maybe these are independent sleeper cells that were activated to create panic and kill innocent people?

Edit: blown up truck looks pretty good:
https://x.com/sawyermerritt/status/1874621529276973238?s=46

No, this was an act of hatred for western civilization

According to LVPD the Cybertruck helped contain the blast and the batteries didn’t ignite, it was put out quickly. So maybe they picked the wrong EV?

Reminds me of the banned VW commercial… https://youtu.be/WUtE3QlTpKI?si=mfe5YylCRkder2B_

I saw that press conference. The truck was pretty much intact. The glass doors at the hotel didn't even get broken either. The force of the blast pretty much went upwards, blowing the bed cover off.

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Yet the media misleadingly stated it was a cyber truck that caught fire…

Just to add, i was in NO in the spring and witnessed some guy get shot in the leg in front of bourbon st… it’s not a safe city.

LOL that’s epic. Wouldn’t pass muster in today’s PC Germany.

Exactly why I don’t watch the MSM.

Point being it won’t stop. There’s not a particular law or politician that caused this. Any educated society is going to be a target.

I've been to more Mardi Gras and Jazz Fests than I can remember ... it never has been a safe city ... NEVER!

Know it like an old neighborhood .....

Not far from Mothers... :(

RIP ....

There will always be escalations and de-escalations ... both extremes... every conflict ... ever ... here and abroad ... forever ....

It's who we are :(

Some .... not all ...

Mother's is still open?

Authorities confirm that Matthew Livelsberger, who died in the explosion outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas, had previously been stationed at the same military base as Shamsud Din Jabbar, involved in the New Orleans terrorist attack -
@MailOnline

Uff. Radicalized together perhaps. At least that should help trace other possible accomplices.

Very sad day for America

I always find it a little odd when military/former military do this. But I shouldn't, anyone has the potential to be converted and radicalized, and some folks go into the military because they don't know what else to do but are never US patriots.

RIP to those killed and wishing a quick recovery for those injured .

Ft Hood shooting.