Fort Bragg ‘Link’ in New Orleans and Las Vegas Attacks? Suspects’ Military Histories Spark Theory

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Despite authorities not confirming any link between the Tesla Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas and the terrorist attack in New Orleans on January 1, social media is abuzz with theories about alleged connections between the two incidents. One of the links between the two that created a lot of buzz on social media is the fact that they both served at Fort Braggnow called Fort Liberty – a US Army base in North Carolina.

The FBI said Thursday it has found “no definitive connection” between the two incidents. They are investigating New Orleans attack as a lone act of terrorism and the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside a hotel owned by President-elect Donald Trump in Las Vegas as a criminal act.

But the fact that Shamsud Din Jabbarthe suspect in the New Orleans attack, and Matthew Livelsbergerhas the suspect in the Cybertruck explosion, who both served in the US Army and spent time at Fort Bragg, sent the Internet abuzz. When it was revealed earlier that the vehicles used in both attacks were rented by car rental company Turo, it also sparked more conspiracies.

Here are some of the posts made about the alleged Fort Bragg ‘link’ between the two suspects.

Although there has been no official response from the US Army on this, the Associated Press reported, citing an official who works at Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, that the two suspects had no overlap in duties when they were at the base .

Reacting to the incident, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on X that although a Tesla vehicle was used in the attack, it was a rented vehicle and the explosives used in it were “unrelated” to the vehicle.

“We have now confirmed that the explosion was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and is unrelated to the vehicle itself,” Musk wrote. “All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion.”