Explosion obliterates fertility clinic in Palm Springs, CA. Updated with picture

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Authorities are investigating whether terrorism played a role in a large explosion that obliterated a fertility clinic and IVF lab in Palm Springs, California, on Saturday, a local official said. 

The explosion may have left one person dead, said officials who had yet to confirm the fatality. 

The blast likely came from a car parked outside American Reproductive Centers, the Palm Springs Police Department told the Desert Sun.

“Everything is in question, whether this is an act of terrorism,” Lt. William Hutchinson told the Sun.

Mayor Ron DeHarte told The Post Saturday he believed one person was killed.

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“It definitely felt like an explosion. It was so loud it felt like it shook my entire core,” said Claudio Chavez, who has a custom upholstery shop nearby. “I was inside my business waiting for a client. I was sitting in my chair and it was like suddenly like a bomb went off. 

“Inside I just saw pieces of debris fall from the ceiling. Walked outside and saw my front window had totally shattered,” he said. “I went to Palm Canyon Drive and went behind and off Indian Canyon you could see more people and a large amount of smoke. Half of one building seemed to have been blown off.”

DeHarte said he didn’t know exactly what services were provided at the clinic, but said it had to do with fertility,

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Karol Markowicz

Breaking: The suspect in the fertility clinic bombing is Guy Edward Bartkus, 25 of Twentynine Palms, California. He left a rambling message about how he never consented to being born.

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