In USA, at least five Tesla vehicles were damaged in what police are calling a "targeted attack" at a Tesla Collision Center, including two cars that were entirely engulfed in flames. Las Vegas police are searching for a suspect after several cars were set ablaze at a Tesla service center Tuesday morning. In a statement, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) said they received several reports of flames at the collision center around 2:45 a.m. local time. When they responded, officers allegedly found the word "RESIST” spray painted in red on the building and several cars on fire. The department's counter-terrorism detectives responded to the scene, where they learned a person dressed in all black had approached the building wielding what officials believe to have been a gun and multiple Molotov cocktails. According to a statement released by the Los Vegas Police about the recent attack, “a subject wearing black clothing” was seen setting multiple Tesla vehicles on fire.
Elon Musk reacted to her share, calling the incident “insane”. The Tesla owner wrote, “This level of violence is insane and deeply wrong. Tesla just makes electric cars and has done nothing to deserve these evil attacks.” A Molotov cocktail was found unused in a vehicle during the investigation, the department said during a press briefing. Police believe the suspect shot at the cars at least three times in addition to using the improvised explosives to start the fires.
The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force has been pulled in to aid the investigation, though it is "too early" to definitively classify the incident as a terrorist act, FBI Special Agent in Charge Spencer Evans said in the briefing. He did tell reporters, however, that the incident had “some of the hallmarks” of being classifiable as such.
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