FBI identifies suspect in Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing

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An FBI official said on Sunday (May 18) investigators believe they have identified the suspect connected to a bombing near a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, as 25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus. "We are fairly confident that Mr. Bartkus is our primary suspect," said Akil Davis, assistant director at the FBI's Los Angeles field office. - REUTERS

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00:00As I mentioned yesterday, our efforts to positively identify the deceased individual here

00:03has been found. We are fairly confident that that subject is Guy Edward Bartkus,

00:1125-year-old from, again, Palm Springs, I'm sorry, from, again, 29 Palms.

00:18We are working through some other technical means to positively identify the decedent here,

00:25but we believe at this moment, based on the evidence that we've gathered,

00:29that that is Mr. Bartkus as the decedent here.

00:31The subject had nihilistic ideations, and this was a targeted attack against the IDF facility.

00:38Make no mistake, we are treating this, as I said yesterday, as an intentional act of terrorism.

00:43Due to the speed and professionalism of the Palm Springs Fire Department, Station 1,

00:49the Palm Springs Police Department, as well as the FBI bomb technicians,

00:53we are able to save all of the embryos at this facility.

00:57Good guys 1, bad guys 0.

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