"5G Monitoring Americans?" Another 5G Controversy in US Nashville Explosion Incident

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seulgina Jo] "5G technology is being used to surveil Americans." The background of the vehicle explosion incident that occurred on Christmas morning in Nashville, USA, is being linked to '5G paranoia.'

On the 27th (local time), overseas IT media outlets, citing local broadcaster Nashville WSMV, reported that the FBI is investigating Anthony Quinn Warner (63), the suspect in the vehicle explosion incident in Nashville, Tennessee, on the 25th, who was said to have this kind of 5G paranoia. A real estate agent said that an FBI agent asked whether Warner had paranoia about 5G.

Warner, an internet technician, was known to have believed that 5G technology was surveilling Americans. The explosion occurred in front of the AT&T building, a US telecommunications company, causing communication service disruptions in some areas. Immediately after the explosion, investigators treated the incident as an intentional crime and have been conducting an investigation. Some raised the possibility of terrorism.

This is not the first incident related to 5G. Earlier this year, claims that 5G use weakens the human immune system and spreads COVID-19 expanded, leading to arson attacks on wireless base stations in the UK. Similar incidents also occurred in the Netherlands, Australia, and New Zealand.

WSMV reported, "Warner was obsessively paranoid that 5G technology was surveilling the US," and "After the COVID-19 pandemic, he became even more engrossed in conspiracy theories that 5G base stations spread the COVID-19 virus."

Meanwhile, the US government has demanded not only its own country but also allied nations exclude Huawei, a Chinese company, from 5G equipment, citing concerns that Huawei's 5G equipment could be exploited for Chinese espionage activities.

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