One dead, seven injured after Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas

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A Tesla Cybertruck exploded into flames outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, USA on Wednesday (Jan 1), killing one person and injuring seven others, and the FBI was investigating whether the blast was an act of terrorism.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mr3zar9r   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A Tesla Cybertruck erupted in flames outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas

00:11on Wednesday, leaving one person dead and seven others injured.

00:20The incident occurred just hours after a separate attack in New Orleans, where a man drove a

00:25truck into New Year's Day crowds, killing 15.

00:30Authorities are investigating whether the Las Vegas explosion was an act of terrorism.

00:35So the question is, is there any links to ISIS?

00:37And I will tell you that we don't have any indication of that here in Las Vegas, no overt

00:42ISIS flag as was seen in in New Orleans.

00:45But again, we are investigating every aspect of this.

00:49And if that comes to light, we'll certainly update you.

00:51As of right now, our number one goal is to ensure that we have the proper identification

00:56of the subject involved in this incident.

00:58Following that, our second objective is to determine whether this was an act of terrorism

01:03or not.

01:04I know everybody's interested in that word and trying to see if we can say, hey, this

01:06is a terrorist attack.

01:08That is our goal.

01:09And that's what we're trying to do.

01:10We believe this is an isolated incident.

01:12We do not believe that there's a bunch of folks out there supporting this or helping

01:16this.

01:17And we don't believe that there's any other danger to the community right now.

01:19Schwartz revealed that the Cybertruck had been rented in Colorado, but the driver's

01:24identity has not yet been made public.

01:28Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who serves as an advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, clarified

01:34that the explosion was not related to the Cybertruck's design or functionality.

01:39The Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas is owned by the Trump Organization, the business

01:44entity of President-elect Donald Trump, who is set to return to the White House on January

01:4920th.

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