The vbied part is a red flag, you’re telling me a SF of 19 years throws some fireworks and camping fuel in truck. But goat herders in Afghan can make sophisticated devices from fertilizer? Nah I ain’t buying it, glows hard.
I'm just going to play devil's advocate here. What if his intent wasn't to kill/maim/destroy. What if his intent was to do something flashy that would draw more attn to his "manifesto"?
The vbied part is a red flag, you’re telling me a SF of 19 years throws some fireworks and camping fuel in truck. But goat herders in Afghan can make sophisticated devices from fertilizer? Nah I ain’t buying it, glows hard.
I'm just going to play devil's advocate here. What if his intent wasn't to kill/maim/destroy. What if his intent was to do something flashy that would draw more attn to his "manifesto"?
I would agree that’s exactly what was intended
Then why kill himself?
There's speculation that it's not him and rather the agent that was pursuing him.