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Washington Man Arrested for Supplying Explosives to Palm Springs Clinic Bomber

Charged with shipping hundreds of pounds of ammonium nitrate to the suicide attacker, he is due in court as the FBI investigates potential extremist network links.

Overview

  • Daniel Park, 32, of Kent, Washington, was arrested June 4 at JFK Airport after being deported from Poland and charged with providing material support to a terrorist.
  • Federal prosecutors say Park shipped 180 pounds of ammonium nitrate to Guy Edward Bartkus and paid for an additional 90 pounds used in the May 17 clinic bombing.
  • Bartkus, driven by a fringe anti-natalist ideology opposing human reproduction, died in the explosion that destroyed the clinic’s facade and damaged surrounding buildings.
  • The blast, described by the FBI as one of Southern California’s largest terror scenes, left four bystanders injured but spared the facility’s lab and all stored embryos.
  • Investigators are probing Park’s bomb-making experiments with Bartkus in Twentynine Palms and exploring whether he has ties to broader extremist networks.