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Daniel Park arrested for supplying explosives in Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing

He is charged with sending hundreds of pounds of ammonium nitrate to bomber Guy Edward Bartkus in what prosecutors label domestic terrorism.

Palm Springs bombing: The suspect, Daniel Park, 32, of Kent, Washington, was taken into custody Tuesday evening at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, stated one official.
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Daniel Jongyon Park
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Overview

  • Daniel Park, 32, was detained at JFK Airport on June 4 after being deported from Poland and faces a federal court appearance in Brooklyn.
  • Prosecutors allege Park shipped 180 pounds of ammonium nitrate to Bartkus and financed an additional 90 pounds of the explosive precursor.
  • FBI said Park and Bartkus met in online anti-natalist forums and conducted bomb-making experiments at Bartkus’s Twentynine Palms home earlier this year.
  • Authorities recovered a bomb-making recipe in Park’s Seattle residence that resembled the one used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
  • The FBI continues to investigate Park’s ideological ties and the possibility of a broader network behind the anti-natalist driven terror attack.