VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, CAS — Authorities said Thursday that a sophsiticated explosive device caused a blast that killed more than two-dozen on a steamboat tour for Aztechnology executives.
Investigators said they believe that anti-Aztlan sentiment is to blame for this terrorist attack.
“ We have confirmed that that was an act of terrorism, although no responsibility has been claimed by any terrorist organizations. We have ruled out any involvement of organized crime,” Deputy Attorney General Arturo Elias Beltran said at a news conference.
He added that the bomb “a severe capacity” and “was intended to do major damage.”
Th explosion ripped through the upper section of the steamboat as it was moving into the river after onboarding at Vicksburg. A gaping hole could be see in the side of the vessel.
Twenty-six people, all Aztechnology executives, were killed and 47 people were injured. Due the damage sustained on the bridge, the steamboat began to drift down river until the engineering team could regain some measure of control and run the vessel onto the riverbank.
“As a result of the investigations, it can be concluded that the remnants of the explosive artifact show similarity to one discovered weeks earlier,” the office said.
On July 2nd, another object said to be a possible bomb was found attached to the underside of a steamboat belonging to the same company whose boat was bombed today. That vessel was anchored about 500 yards (meters) off Mayersville. There were no passengers aboard at the time, and authorities said it had been out of service for over 10 months. Investigators believe this was a 'dry run' for today's attack.
Investigators are pursuing multiple lines of inquiry but have not made any arrests or advanced a definitive theory about a motive for the explosion beyond anti-Aztlan sentiment.
In the wake of the these incidents, Aztechnology has barred U.S. its workers from taking any personal time while in the Confederated American States and to remain on corporate property at all times.
Some 60 police officers and sniffer dogs have been deployed to guard the docks, ferries and steamboats between Vicksburg and the Gulf of Mexico in an effort to calm fears of further attacks.
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Couldn't have happened to a bunch of nicer folks!
Are you really endorsing violence against people just because you disagree with them? Wow. Typical drek from you anti-corpo types.
@FREE MARKETS FREE PEOPLE
I endorsed your mom last night.
Our spirits weep for the twenty-six souls whose journeys ended in fire along the Mississippi, and for the dozens of wounded now grappling with the trauma of this senseless savagery.
The doors of all Universal Brotherhood chapterhouses across the Confederated American States remain open to everyone, regardless of nationality or corporate allegiance. Come inside, sit beside your fellow workers—forgive me, fellow citizens—and let us heal this wounded world together.
In shared peace and boundless harmony,
Brother Julian