Suicide bombing suspected in Nashville explosion as investigators search home south of the city
www.cnn.com
Investigators looking into the Christmas morning explosion in Nashville now believe the blast was likely the result of a suicide bombing, according to two law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.

Fucking bizarre

  • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Still going with "first Qanon/anti-5G bombing". With a cover bet on "former employee".

    • VHS [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Sound very plausible to me. The thing just seems a bit "polished" or high-production value. The bomb definitely worked very well, and there was the whole computerized voice countdown over loudspeakers. Someone really thought this through and was likely planning it for a long time.

      • kilternkafuffle [any]
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        4 years ago

        The bomb definitely worked very well

        Tim McVeigh did it. Anders Breivik did it. Every two-bit group in Iraq and Syria can do it. It's frankly a surprise how rarely it happens in most places.

          • read_freire [they/them]
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            4 years ago

            huh? car bombs have been going off without killing the bomber for a long time, no robot driver needed

              • read_freire [they/them]
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                4 years ago

                yeah the proliferation of street-facing cameras in the anglosphere has thrown a wrench for sure

                the other two clearly mitigate risks but idk that the mitigation will provide the breaking point that leads to a ton of self-driving car bombings

                  • read_freire [they/them]
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                    4 years ago

                    think of them as “ground drones” and suddenly it makes a lot of sense

                    does it? aerial drones are proliferate and the only folks using them for bombs are doing so in war torn areas (and the vast majority of those aren't exactly available to consumers)

                      • read_freire [they/them]
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                        4 years ago

                        I mean I'm just nitpicking 'a lot more often'.

                        Car bombs were the assassination tool of choice for a long time (still are, maybe?), and aerial drones are now the carpet-bombing assassination tool of choice for the empire, but much less so for non-state actors since it's not exactly easy to get your hands on a raytheon/boeing/whoever drone no matter how long an individual spends planning. Just like it won't be easy to get your hands on a northrop ground drone.

      • The_word_of_dog [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        There will be decades of conspiracy theories on this one. I'm working on multiple just sitting here with my SO lol

    • BASED_BALL [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      5G conspiracies are being pumped in because China is building the towers

      Conspiracy theories are a conspiracy theory

    • Doc14 [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Suspect is currently a loner boomer so its checks out

    • BOK6669 [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Its not the first anti-5g bombing fyi, but its definitely this. It has to be.

    • BOK6669 [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9090067/PICTURED-Mother-29-given-TWO-free-homes-worth-409K-Nashville-bomber.html

      we were right SON