Nashville Blast: Investigators Investigate If Bomber Had 5G Paranoia | American news

Investigators are reportedly investigating whether a suicide bomber fearing 5G technology could be behind a Christmas morning explosion in historic downtown Nashville that injured three people.

The explosion, which wreaked havoc on dozens of buildings in Tennessee’s largest city, took place outside a facility owned by the telecommunications company AT&T and disabled or diminished cell phone services in several other cities.

Federal agents spent the weekend investigating a 63-year-old man who had a motor home resembling the one that investigators say had turned into a mobile bomb and driven to the scene.

Meanwhile, a Nashville television news station reported that a person of interest named Anthony Warner from a southeastern suburb of the city was working as an information technology consultant for a real estate company.

Steve Fridrich, a realtor who contacted the FBI after hearing the man’s name in a news bulletin, told WSMV TV that federal agents had asked him if Warner was paranoid about 5G technology.

According to WSMV, sources close to the law enforcement investigation have said that among the various tips and lines of research was one that suggested Warner bought a conspiracy theory that 5G technology was being used to spy on Americans.


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The FBI has not named a suspect, but searched Warner’s home in the Nashville suburb of Antioch after bombers’ technicians cleared the property. Earlier, a spokesperson said human remains were retrieved from the site of the explosion and the service was not actively looking for more suspects.

DNA results on human tissue were expected soon.

Douglas Korneski, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s field office in Memphis, said hundreds of agents searched through at least 500 tips and clues, and that it was too early to focus on any theory.

“It’s just going to take us some time,” he said at a Saturday evening press conference. “We look at every possible motive [and] our research team turns every stone. “

When asked if the AT&T building could have been a potential target, Korneski said, “We’re looking at every possible motive that could be involved.”

On Sunday, the Nashville mayor appeared to indicate that the 5G conspiracy theory could be relevant to the investigation. “To all of us on the ground, it feels like there must be a connection to the AT&T facility and the location of the bombing,” said John Cooper on CBS ‘Face the Nation.

“That’s just local insight, because it must have something to do with the infrastructure.”

Cooper is working closely with federal and local law enforcement agencies conducting the investigation, as well as Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee, who has asked Donald Trump for a federal disaster statement.

The president, meanwhile, was playing golf in Florida on Sunday, and the White House had not responded to Lee’s request.

The blast occurred early on Christmas morning when police officers, called to the scene by gunfire, tried to evacuate local residents. A sinister recording blaring out of the camper in a female voice, interspersed with snippets of music, warned that an explosion was imminent.

Two officers suffered non-life-threatening injuries when the explosion sparked black smoke and flames from the heart of downtown Nashville’s central tourist area.

Civil and emergency communications networks in Nashville and several other cities, including Louisville, Knoxville, Birmingham, and Atlanta, were affected.

AT&T said on Sunday it was a diversion to other facilities as the company worked on the restoration of the badly damaged building. The company said in a statement that it was raising funds to help recover affected voice and data services and expects to have 24 additional trailers with emergency recovery equipment on site by the end of the day.

Ray Neville, president of technology at T-Mobile, another mobile phone provider, said on Twitter, “We continue to see service outages. The repairs will continue around the clock and we will keep you informed of the progress. “

The outage briefly grounded flights at Nashville International Airport, although Saturday night service was largely back to normal. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued flight restrictions around the airport until December 30.

Cooper signed a civil emergency declaration for the areas of Nashville affected by the explosion, including a curfew.

The Associated Press contributed to this report

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