Accused Tesla Vegas bomber Paul Hyon Kim supported Luigi Mangione: Dont think he anticipated getting caught

A Las Vegas anti-Israel activist charged with torching a row of Teslas with Molotov cocktails is also a fan of accused healthcare assassin Luigi Mangione, sources told The Post.Cinematographer Paul Hyon Kim, 36, had become such a radicalized leftist he called progressive streamer and commentator Hasan Piker a “sellout,” according to a former co-worker.Kim was arrested last week by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department with the help of the FBI, a week after at least three cars were set ablaze at a local Tesla Collision Center.Authorities previously said the attack – which turned into a raging inferno when one of the car’s lithium batteries exploded — had “some of the hallmarks” of terrorism.Multiple cars also had their windows smashed, while slogans including “RESIST” were scrawled in red spray paint.Anti-Israel activist Kim was also allegedly filmed using a rifle to shoot out security cameras in the vicinity of the crime scene, before allegedly turning the gun on the Teslas and bombing them with Molotov cocktails.Numerous firearms and gun parts were found at his home, according to police.A former colleague who worked on a reality show with Kim described him as a “nice guy” who was “passionate politically” and promoted pro-Palestinian causes on social media.“We’re all surprised,” the source, who spoke to The Post on the condition of anonymity, said of Kim’s arrest.“The last [Instagram] story I remember seeing from him—I don’t remember if it was yesterday or the day before—he had reposted something about how progressive political streamer Hasan Piker was a sellout because he sat down and spoke to [leftist Democratic politicians] Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.“[Piker] had a sit-down chat with them and gave them little gifts that he had picked up in Japan and didn’t press them on being stronger in their support for Palestine.”Piker, a left-wing political commentator, has a following on Twitch of o...

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Publisher: New York Post

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