Nashville RV bomber Anthony Quinn Warner was “largely into conspiracy theories” about 5G networks and thought he would be “acclaimed a hero” for targeting a huge AT&T network, according to a report.
The 63-year-old loner, who died in his massive suicide explosion on Christmas Day, may have turned against the telecommunications industry after the death of his father in 2011, who worked for a company that later became merged with AT&T, a source close to the investigation. he told the Daily Mail.
He was believed to be “largely into conspiracy theories,” mostly for fears that 5G networks would be killing people, the source said.
“The unofficial reason so far is the suspect believing that 5G was the root of all the deaths in the region and that a hero would be hailed,” the source said at the exit.
“We are waiting for the digital footprint that should finally provide us with some answers,” the source explained after a raid on Warner’s home in Antioch, a Nashville suburb.
His father, Charles B. Warner, spent his career working at BellSouth, which was acquired by AT&T in 2006, according to the report. The father, who was nicknamed Popeye, died of dementia in July 2011, at the age of 78, according to the media.
According to the New York Times, the terrorist may also have been dying before his attack after telling an ex-girlfriend he had cancer.
He gave that ex a car and also signed the deeds to at least two houses, one just before Thanksgiving, before his devastating attack.
In addition to destroying businesses in the historic downtown area, the 6:30 a.m. explosion caused a massive disruption to communications systems that even shut down 911 centers in several surrounding counties.
Nashville Mayor John Cooper said Sunday that the bombing looked like an “infrastructure attack” aimed at the AT&T building.
“For all of us locally, there seems to be some connection to the AT&T facilities and the bombing site,” Cooper said. he told CBS News “Face the Nation.”
“It has to have something to do with infrastructure,” he said.
Experts also warn that the attack showed clear vulnerabilities in Amercia’s telecommunications industry.
“I think this is an alert and a warning to all of us about the vulnerability of our infrastructure, the ease for a single fact of doing so,” said Frank Figliuzzi, former counterintelligence director of the FBI, he told “Face The Nation.”