FBI identifies suspect in Palm Springs bombing

19/5/2025 6:24

An FBI

official said on Sunday 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, and that he held "nihilistic ideations."



"We are fairly confident that Mr. Bartkus is our primary

suspect," said Akil Davis, assistant director at the FBI's Los

Angeles field office, speaking to reporters at a press

conference.



"The subject had nihilistic ideations, and this was a

targeted attack against the IVF facility. Make no mistake. We

are treating this... as an intentional act of terrorism."



A bomb detonated shortly before 11 a.m. local time (1800

GMT) on Saturday in or near a car parked outside the clinic,

which was operated by American Reproductive Center.



One person was killed and at least four were injured in the

blast. Officials said on Sunday that no embryos stored inside

the clinic were harmed by the blast.



Davis said the FBI believes that Bartkus died in the blast,

and that he had been trying to live-stream the attack.