Suicide bombing suspected in Nashville explosion as investigators search home south of the city
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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

  • 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)

    • 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