A soldier's suicide note found on his burnt phone reveals his motive behind a New Year's Day Tesla truck bombing outside a Donald Trump-owned hotel in Las Vegas. Matthew Livelsberger, 37, wrote two letters expressing political grievances and claims that his actions were not terrorism.
Two notes have been found on a burnt phone left behind by the special forces soldier who shot himself before the Tesla vehicle he rented exploded in a fireball outside Trump International Hotel.An American soldier at the centre of a car bombing outside a Donald Trump-owned hotel has claimed it was not a terrorist attack and that he took his own life to 'cleanse my mind of the brothers I've lost', according to notes found on his burnt phone.
He then drove some 1,300 kilometres to Las Vegas, Nevada, and parked outside Trump International Hotel where the vehicle exploded in the valet on New Year's DayCybertruck bomber Matthew Livelsberger, 37, wrote two letters in his notes app on his phone revealing why he did it, while also claiming it is not a terror attack. Picture: Las Vegas PoliceLas Vegas Police confirmed on Friday afternoon (local time) that investigators believe Livelsberger had struggled from PTSD and personal issues that led to the bombing. The father-of-one to a baby daughter was serving in the 10th Special Forces group in the Green Berets when he was granted leave from his post in Germany. Contents recovered from a damaged phone inside the charred Tesla has given an insight into what Livelsberger's state of mind was prior to committing suicide.The first read:'Fellow servicemembers, veterans and all Americans. TIME TO WAKE UP! We are being led by weak and feckless leadership who only serve to enrich themselves.' The 37-year-old went on to write about'a variety of other personal grievances, some which were political', but cannot be released at this stage, police say.Officers also showed excerpts of the second letter dated after the first one. 'We are the United States of America, the best country people to ever exist! But right now we are terminally ill and headed toward collapse,' it read
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