The FBI have arrested a man at New York’s John F Kennedy airport on Tuesday night in connection with last month’s car bombing outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California.
Authorities say Bartkus detonated an explosion on 17 May outside the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic.
The FBI has called the blast an “intentional act of terrorism” and said the fertility clinic was deliberately targeted.
Mr Davis referred to the site of the fertility clinic as “the largest bombing scene” the FBI had seen in southern California in recent memory.
Several buildings were damaged in the blast, including the fertility clinic with images showing a portion of its wall destroyed.
In relation to the car bombing outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, last month, the FBI arrested a man this Tuesday evening at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport.
According to the authorities, Guy Edward Bartkus received 180 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a component of homemade bombs, from Daniel Park, 32, of Kent, Washington.
On Wednesday, Mr. Park made a brief appearance in New York court on a charge of giving terrorists material support. He will be deported to California.
According to authorities, Bartkus set off an explosion outside the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic on May 17. The explosion killed 25-year-old Bartkus and injured four others.
Bartkus left behind writings that imply he supported ending childbirth and the eventual extinction of humans and disapproved of people being brought into the world against their will.
The FBI has described the explosion as an “intentional act of terrorism” and claimed that the fertility clinic was selected on purpose.
The small city of Twentynine Palms, located roughly 150 miles (240 km) east of Los Angeles, was where Bartkus lived.
According to authorities, Bartkus drove an hour from Twentynine Palms to Palm Springs after packing his 2010 silver Ford Fusion sedan with explosives.
The explosion was audible over a mile away.
US Attorney Bill Essayli stated during a press conference on Wednesday that Mr. Park and Bartkus spent time together on experiments in Bartkus’ garage.
Mr. Park visited Denmark and Poland a few days after the explosion, but Polish authorities arrested him and sent him back to the United States, where he was arrested.
At a brief hearing on Wednesday, he showed up in federal court in New York with a big white bandage on his right hand and a T-shirt that read “Fight Like Ukrainians” printed on it, according to CBS News, the BBC’s US partner.
He was brought to the Brooklyn-based Metropolitan Detention Center after acknowledging that he was aware of the charges against him and waiving his right to a detention hearing.
Mr. Park “had an explosive recipe that was similar to the Oklahoma City bombing,” according to Akil Davis, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office. “.
According to investigators, the pair participated in a movement known as anti-natalism, also referred to as pro-mortalism or efilism, and discussed plans online.
The movement, which has numerous branches and offshoots, makes the general claim that it would be preferable for humans and other living forms to go extinct because there is so much suffering.
The fertility clinic location was described by Mr. Davis as “the largest bombing scene” the FBI had ever seen in southern California.
The explosion caused damage to a number of buildings, including the fertility clinic, where pictures show part of the wall was destroyed.
The ARC clinic is the first full-service fertility center and IVF lab in the Coachella Valley, according to its website.
IVF, egg donation and freezing, surrogacy, reproductive support for same-sex couples, and fertility evaluations are among its services.
