The American authorities imposed a ban on flying over the city of Nashville, Tennessee (southeast of the United States), after the bombing that occurred yesterday, and while investigators continue to search for evidence to identify the perpetrator of the attack, an American channel reported identifying a person in connection with the bombing, while the governor of Tennessee asked the President Donald Trump declaring the emergency.

On Saturday, the Federal Aviation Administration announced a ban on flying over Nashville, and classified the airspace over the city as national defense airspace.

The resolution permits the use of lethal force against any aircraft if it is found to pose an imminent security threat.

It also provides for the interception, detention and interrogation of pilots who do not adhere to the decision.

This comes at a time when the Mayor of Nashville declared a state of emergency in the city, and a curfew until tomorrow, Sunday, in the affected area.

Al-Jazeera correspondent Murad Hashem reported that two civilian planes crossed over Nashville today before the ban took effect.

He said that the authorities in Nashville were preventing people from reaching the area where yesterday morning a car for trips exploded, wounding 3 people and severely damaging 40 buildings.

The reporter indicated that the authorities circulated the image of the vehicle, and requested that it be provided with any information about who owns it, to determine who was behind the attack that occurred on Christmas morning.

He also noted that the authorities in Nashville say there is no threat of another bombing after the police carried out combing operations for any other explosives.

The police in Nashville confirmed yesterday that they believe that the bombing was deliberate, and that they are investigating its motives.

The Nashville police published a picture of the vehicle that was used in the attack, and said that it arrived at Second Avenue at 1:22 pm after midnight, and asked anyone who saw it or had information about her to contact her on the phone number she attached to the photo.

For his part, the Federal Bureau of Investigation "FBI" (FBI) - who participates in the investigations - asked citizens to provide him with any information that could be useful in identifying the perpetrator of the attack.

State of emergency


Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has said he has asked President Donald Trump to declare an emergency to support relief efforts underway after the Nashville bombing.

Lee added that he had inspected the site of the bombing and described the damage as shocking, saying that no casualties were reported.

Investigations are ongoing


and pending conclusive evidence, "CBS News", citing a security source, reported that the police had identified a person of interest to their investigations.

The investigation authorities said that they are investigating whether the bombing was a possible terrorist act, whether it was a local or an international act.

The Al Jazeera correspondent said that experts and former security officials tend to classify the Nashville bombing as "domestic terrorism", due to its nature and the political messages it carries.

The authorities raised the hypothesis of the terrorist act despite saying that the attacker was not seeking - apparently - to cause casualties, since the bombing took place in an area free of pedestrians, as preceded by a recorded warning emanating from inside the vehicle.

In the context of the ongoing investigations, investigators found body parts believed to be human in the wreckage of the vehicle that exploded yesterday.

Nashville Police Chief John Drake said that police heard a recorded message in the voice of a woman warning that "a bomb will explode within 15 minutes."

"This area must be evacuated now. If you can hear this message, leave the area now," said the recorded message, which was later broadcast by local TV channels.

And Andrew McCabe, a former FBI deputy, told CNN yesterday that an explosion of this magnitude would be investigated as a possible terrorist act on a local or international level.

And investigators suggested yesterday that the bomber used an unprecedented amount of explosives.

Nashville police released a photo of the trolley used in the (European) bombing

Great damage


and

the bombing - which shook the heart of the American country music capital - occurred only moments after the officers moved to check reports of gunfire in the area and discovered the vehicle parked outside the headquarters of AT&T in central Nashville at around 6 am local time. Central America (12:00 GMT).

Local police spokesman Don Aaron said that the officers rushed to the houses, urging residents to move to safe places, and demanded that a squad of bomb experts be dispatched, which was on its way to the site when the vehicle exploded.

The explosion caused massive damage to dozens of buildings, as well as disrupted the telecommunications network, and temporarily halted flights to and from the city's airport.

Nashville Mayor John Cooper has announced the imposition of a civil emergency in the area that witnessed the explosion.

The mayor said in a tweet on Twitter that he had signed an executive order to impose a curfew in the area from 4:30 pm on Friday evening to 4:30 pm tomorrow, Sunday (local time).

And the US Federal Aviation Administration decided to temporarily suspend flights to and from Nashville Airport, due to the explosion in the telecommunications network.