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US Attack: The new year 2025 started very painfully for America with two major attacks. A day after people celebrating New Year in New Orleans were crushed by a truck, America was shaken by the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Thursday. This is being described as the biggest terrorist attack in the country since the 9/11 incident in 2001. 15 people lost their lives and 35 were injured in the New Orleans accident. While the driver died and seven others were injured in the Tesla Cybertruck explosion. Now a shocking connection has emerged between these two accidents, which is being linked to the Islamic State (ISIS).
What is Islamic State? (What is ISIS?)
Islamic State or ISIS has been synonymous with terror for the last decade. About a decade ago, this group captured large parts of Syria and Iraq and attracted the attention of the whole world. In the area under its control, it implemented a very strict form of Sharia (Islamic law), gave cruel punishments to people and carried out murders. It made videos of all these violent acts and posted them online. In its early years, ISIS managed to attract thousands of people from all over the world. In 2019, ISIS was driven out from its last refuge in Baghuz in eastern Syria. However, its radical ideology remained.
What is the connection between the two attacks?
The suspects in the truck attack and Tesla explosion in America have a history of being associated with the US military. According to the New York Post report, law enforcement sources said that the driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside a Las Vegas hotel owned by US President Donald Trump has been identified as 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger, a Colorado resident and a veteran of the US Army.
Investigation from the angle of terrorist attack
He reportedly rented an electric pickup truck in Colorado using an app called Turo and then drove it to Nevada, the same app used by the suspect in the deadly pickup truck crash in New Orleans to book a vehicle. The federal agency has not ruled out a 'terrorism angle' and is investigating the blast as a possible act of terror, The Post reported.
