Online manifesto threatened clinic attack; FBI probes Palm Springs bomb suspect's motive
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The FBI has tentatively identified Guy Edwards Bartkus, 25, as the suspect in the bombing of a Palm Springs fertility clinic, which injured four individuals. Investigators are treating the incident as an act of intentional terrorism, possibly motivated by Bartkus's anti-life beliefs reacting to a friend's death. An online manifesto linked to the attack advocates for a war against pro-lifers, revealing bizarre philosophical views such as 'pro-mortalism'. Bartkus was reportedly killed in the explosion, and the FBI is exploring the potential manifesto associated with him.
"Here you can download the recorded stream of my suicide & bombing of an IVF clinic," the site began, but no such file existed.
"Basically, I'm a pro-mortalist," the author wrote, referring to a fringe philosophical position that it is best for sentient beings to die as soon as possible to prevent future suffering.
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