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Musk Confirms "Large Fireworks &/Or Bomb" Exploded Cybertruck At Trump Vegas Hotel

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Update (1941ET):

"The evil knuckleheads picked the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack. Cybertruck actually contained the explosion and directed the blast upwards. Not even the glass doors of the lobby were broken," Elon Muks wrote on X. 

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Update (1901ET):

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Update (1723ET):

"We have now confirmed that the explosion was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and is unrelated to the vehicle itself," Tesla's Elon Musk wrote on X, "All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion." 

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Update (1534ET):

Government officials told ABC News that the Tesla Cybertruck explosion on Wednesday outside the Trump Las Vegas hotel in Nevada is being investigated as a "possible act of terror."

Here's more from ABC:

Investigators do not know what caused the blast, such as whether something was wrong with the vehicle or whether something external prompted it. Determining what was behind the explosion is the key focus of the probe.

An official briefed on the probe told ABC News that the Tesla Cybertruck had a load of fireworks-style mortars onboard. Investigators are urgently working to determine a motive and whether the driver intended to set off an explosion and why.

Until a motive is determined and other possibilities are ruled out, police are treating the explosion like a possible criminal act and a possible act of terror. Evidence collection and investigation are ongoing.

Tesla's Elon Musk responded:

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With everyone on edge after the New Orleans 'terrorist attack' on Bourbon Street early this morning, reports flooded X moments ago of a 'boom' and/or a 'vehicle fire' in Las Vegas. 

It turns out the 'boom' was caused by a Tesla Cybertruck ablaze in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, possibly due to a lithium battery fire.

Wow. 

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