FBI arrests a man in New York linked to explosion at a California fertility clinic, officials say

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Three instrumentality enforcement officials accidental the FBI has made an apprehension successful New York successful transportation with an detonation of a Palm Springs, California fertility clinic

ByERIC TUCKER Associated Press and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press

NEW YORK -- The FBI has made an apprehension successful New York successful transportation with past month's explosion of a fertility clinic successful Palm Springs, California, 3 instrumentality enforcement officials said Wednesday. Federal prosecutors are expected to merchandise details astatine a quality league successful Los Angeles.

The arrest, archetypal reported by NBC News, took spot Tuesday evening astatine John F. Kennedy Airport successful New York, according to the officials. One authoritative identified the fishy arsenic Daniel Park, 32, of Kent, Washington.

Investigators judge the bomber died successful the blast. It was not instantly wide what Park was charged with oregon however helium was connected to the investigation.

The instrumentality enforcement officials spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that they were not authorized to sermon a transgression lawsuit that has not been publically disclosed.

The FBI has identified Guy Edward Bartkus arsenic the fishy successful the evident car weaponry detonation, and investigators accidental helium had nihilistic and “anti-pro-life” writings. A assemblage was recovered adjacent a charred conveyance extracurricular the clinic.

Officials said astatine the clip they were investigating whether Bartkus had immoderate help. He attempted to livestream the detonation and near down writings that were inactive being examined to find his authorities of mind, the FBI said.

The blast gutted the American Reproductive Centers fertility session successful Palms Springs and shattered the windows of adjacent buildings on a thenar tree-lined street. Witnesses described a large roar followed by a chaotic scene, with radical screaming successful panic and solid strewn on the sidewalk and street.

A elder FBI authoritative called the detonation perchance the “largest bombing country that we’ve had successful Southern California.”