The blast tore through downtown Palm Springs, ripping a hole in the clinic and blowing out the windows and doors of nearby buildings, an AFP journalist on the scene reported.
“This is probably one of the largest bombing investigations that we've had in southern California,“ he added.
Asked whether the clinic was deliberately targeted, Davis answered: “We believe so, yes.”
Eyewitnesses told local media they had seen human remains near the American Reproductive Centers clinic, with aerial footage of the scene showing the building roof had collapsed.
The charred remnants of a vehicle lay in a parking lot, some distance from the apparent epicenter of the explosion.
Davis of the FBI described the explosion as “significant” and said debris had been thrown more than two hundred yards (180 meters) from the scene, but declined to comment further on the characteristics of the bomb.
Davis told reporters that though the FBI was working to identify the deceased, “we are keeping that close hold in order to protect the integrity of the investigation.”
It said that “a vehicle exploded in the parking lot near our building.”
Violence against clinics providing such services is rare, but not unheard of.
'Unforgivable'
People living near the clinic reported feeling the shaking from the blast throughout the city.
“In front of the building [the car] was blown clear across four lanes into the parking lot of [Desert Regional Medical Center],“ he told the paper.
The Center for Reproductive Rights, a global advocacy group, described the bombing as “horrific” and “unconscionable.”
“The history of violence against reproductive health centers is why clinics need protections and patients must feel safe,“ its president Nancy Northup said in a statement.
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