Suspect arrested in Molotov attack on Vegas Tesla dealership had ‘hallmarks of terrorism’

 A Las Vegas man has been charged with torching a row of Teslas with Molotov cocktails in a frightening attack caught on camera.

One vehicle bursted into a huge fireball seemingly from a lithium battery exploding, according to footage obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.Hal Sparks via Storyful

Paul Hyon Kim, 36, was arrested Wednesday by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, a week after at least three cars became engulfed in flames at a local Tesla Collision Center.

Authorities previously said the attack had “some of the hallmarks” of terrorism.

Numerous cars also had their windows smashed, while slogans like “RESIST” were scrawled in red spray paint.

Kim was charged with 15 counts ranging from destruction of property, suspicion of arson, and possessing a fire device, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Pictures from the scene show multiple destroyed vehicles and the word “Resist” spray-painted on the building.FOX5

Security cameras captured the fiery vandalism, which became an inferno when one of the cars’ lithium batteries exploded in a ball of fire.

“This was a targeted attack against a Tesla facility,” Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren said after the attack, “We do believe that it is isolated at this time.”

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