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Following up on John’s post regarding the terrorist attack outside the Trump International Hotel yesterday in Las Vegas, police now say that camp-fuel canisters and large firework mortars were stuffed into the back of a Tesla Cybertruck. These materials caused the explosion that killed the driver and inflicted minor injuries on seven others.

Elon Musk and Tesla immediately provided assistance to law enforcement in the investigation. Elon himself reported on X that he had “confirmed that the explosion was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and is unrelated to the vehicle itself.” In fact, the design and integrity of the vehicle prevented the explosive materials from doing wider damage. See this morning’s second Axios AM story here and last night’s AP story.

I followed Elon’s updates and reposts on X yesterday. This was one of his first reports.

Here is another early comment.

The posts below come in reverse chronological order as Elon responds to headlines that draw a causal relationship between the Tesla Cybertruck itself and the explosion. I thought some readers might be interested in following along.