Federal agents have arrested 32-year-old Daniel Jongyon Park for his role in supplying explosive materials used in the May 17 car bombing at the American Reproductive Centers clinic in Palm Springs, California. Park flew into JFK Airport after being extradited from Poland following the FBI charge that he provided 270 pounds of ammonium nitrate—a powerful bomb precursor—to Guy Edward Bartkus, the perpetrator who died in the attack. FBI officials say Park and Bartkus shared extremist anti-natalist and pro-mortalist ideologies, which reject procreation and view existence itself as harmful.
Authorities allege Park and Bartkus conducted bomb-making experiments at Bartkus’s Twentynine Palms home for weeks. Investigators discovered bomb recipes—similar to those used in the Oklahoma City bombing—during a raid on Park’s Washington state home. Park now faces federal terrorism charges in California, and a judge has ordered him detained pending transfer. The FBI labeled the incident one of the largest explosive incidents in Southern California, noting that while four people were injured, none of the clinic’s embryos were harmed.
This case highlights growing concerns that fringe extremist ideologies can fuel domestic terrorism. Law enforcement officials have underscored the significance of tracking and prosecuting individuals who aid violent plots, especially against reproductive healthcare facilities.
