The FBI has identified a 25-year-old California man as the person they say is responsible for the explosion of a Palm Springs fertility clinic.
Authorities say the suspect, Guy Edward Bartkus of Twentynine Palms, is the same person who was found near a charred vehicle by the clinic.
Akil Davis, the head of the FBIโs Los Angeles field office, said during a Sunday news conference that investigators were reviewing writings left behind by Bartkus that could shed light on his state of mind.
His writings were โanti pro-lifeโ in nature, according to a social media post on Sunday from Bilal Essayli, the US attorney in Los Angeles. Associated Press reported on Saturday night that those writings communicated a belief that the world should not be populated.
โThe subject had nihilistic ideations and this was a targeted attack against the IVF facility,โ Davis said. โMake no mistake: we are treating this, as I said yesterday, as an intentional act of terrorism.โ
The bombing injured four other people in addition to killing Bartkus, though Davis said all embryos at the facility were saved.