Kentucky Suicide Bomber on Christmas Day

I had heard that someone set off a bomb on Christmas Day in Kentucky, but - hey, it's the USA and nothing surprises me anymore. It registered, and I forgot about it. There wasn't much coverage that came my way on social media, etc.

Holy heck. This guy - Anthony Warner - blew up a motorhome in downtown Kentucky. :yikes:

41 Buildings suffered major damage.

Worse, it appears he was on cops' radar, but.....

Girlfriend warned Nashville police Anthony Warner was building bomb a year ago, report shows

Sixteen months before Anthony Quinn Warner's RV exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning, officers visited his home in Antioch after his girlfriend reported that he was making bombs in the vehicle, according to documents obtained by The Tennessean.

On Friday, 63-year-old Warner blew up a city block, police say, about 6:30 a.m. on Second Avenue outside an AT&T switch facility. The bomb caused massive destruction to 41 downtown buildings and crippled telecommunication systems throughout the Southeast over the weekend.

In the aftermath, The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Warner was "not on our radar" prior to the bombing. But a Metro Nashville Police Department report from August 2019 shows that local and federal authorities were aware of alleged threats he had made.

No actions appear to have been taken to stop Warner, a slender 5-foot-8, 135-pound man who died in the explosion, which injured three others.

On Aug. 21, 2019, the girlfriend told Nashville police that Warner "was building bombs in the RV trailer at his residence," the MNPD report states. Nashville police then forwarded the information to the FBI.

(The Tennessean)

(CBC)

Police say only three people were injured, which seems surprisingly low, since - although this was a commercial district - there were apartments along that street (see the last video posted above).

Just incredible..... :(

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