This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress / Radio-Canada
A bomb exploded on Saturday in front of a clinic specializing in medically assisted procreation (PMA) in the Californian city of Palm Springs, “a terrorist act”, according to the FBI.
The mayor of this city, Ron Deharte, notably told the media that it was a bomb inside or near a vehicle parked on the parking of the building.
The explosion left one dead, whose identity is not known at this stage, said the Palm Springs police, east of Los Angeles.
American federal police said on Saturday treat the explosion as a terrorist act.
It is an intentional terrorist act. Advanced the survey will determine whether it is international terrorism or internal terrorismtold the press Akil Davis, head of the local office of FBI In Los Angeles, who added think that the establishment of Palm Springs had been deliberately targeted.
Significant damage
Damage, beyond the center to PMA,, extend to several streets, with several damaged buildings, some heavilynotes the police, who adds that this incident seems isolated.
This morning, an unexpected and tragic event occurred in front of our Palm Springs room when a vehicle exploded on a parking lot near our buildingwrote on Facebook the management of this clinic, closed on Saturday.
We have a broken heart to learn that this event has removed a life and caused injuriesadds the text, stating that the laboratory that stores gametes and embryos has not been affected.
A photo published by the establishment shows its very damaged facade, the front door, the windows of several broken windows and the tiles of the blown roofs.
The explosion took place shortly before 11 a.m., wrote the city in a press release on Facebook, asking residents to stay away from this area.
The California Democratic Governor, Gavin Newsom, was informed of an explosion in a health center in Palm Springssaid its services on X.
