An explosion outside a California fertility clinic Saturday killed one person in what the local mayor described as a bomb attack.
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The blast ripped through downtown Palm Springs, badly damaging the clinic and blowing out the windows and doors of other nearby buildings, in what the city’s police chief said appeared to have been a deliberate act.
“The blast appears to be an intentional act of violence and the blast extends for blocks with several buildings damaged, some severely,” Palm Springs Police Chief Andy Mills said.
“There has been one fatality, the person’s identity is not known.”
Eyewitnesses told local media they had seen human remains near the American Reproductive Centres clinic, which appeared to have been badly damaged in the blast.
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A statement posted on social media by the clinic said no staff had been hurt when the blast went off.