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An FBI report released Monday finds the Nashville bomber wanted to kill himself in his RV and held ideologies based on conspiracy theories but not driven by terrorism. The bomber authorities say set off an IED in his RV on Christmas Day in Nashville, Tennessee, was driven by conspiracy theories and intended to kill himself, but was not motivated by terrorism, an FBI report released Monday found. About 6:30 a.m. on Christmas Day, Anthony Quinn Warner set off a bomb inside his RV in downtown Nashville killing himself, and blowing out windows of nearby buildings, authorities said. Before the explosion, an eerie recording counted down to detonation and the Petula Clark song "Downtown" played from the RV.

"Warner specifically chose the location and timing of the bombing so that it would be impactful, while still minimizing the likelihood of causing undue injury," the FBI assessed. "His actions were determined to not be related to terrorism," the report said. "FBI’s analysis did not reveal indications of a broader ideological motive to use violence to bring about social or political change, nor does it reveal indications of a specific personal grievance focused on individuals or entities in and around the location of the explosion," the report said. "[T]he FBI assesses Warner’s detonation of the improvised explosive device was an intentional act in