8<\/p>\n A drone view shows charred Tesla vehicles following a fire at a Tesla dealership that destroyed vehicles, in Rome, ItalyCredit: Rex 8<\/p>\n At least 16 cars have been destroyed by a massive inferno at one of Elon Musk’s top dealerships in RomeCredit: Rex 8<\/p>\n Picture released by the Italian Corps of Firefighters shows firefighters working to put out a fire at the Tesla dealershipCredit: AFP 8<\/p>\n Tesla cars have become targets of vandalism across several countriesCredit: Rex<\/p>\n Shocking pictures show the aftermath of the devastating blaze that completely destroyed at least 17 Tesla cars.<\/p>\n A column of charred vehicles can be seen in what appears to be the parking lot of the dealership. <\/p>\n Rome\u2019s\u00a0fire service said it was looking into “all avenues” and was investigating the cause of fire – but it did not rule out arson.<\/p>\n Tesla cars have become targets of vandalism across several countries<\/a> in response to the right-wing activism of company owner Elon Musk.<\/p>\n read more on Tesla attacks <\/p>\n Two weeks ago, at least five Tesla vehicles were damaged in a “targeted attack,” with two of the cars burnt to rubble and others shot at with guns, authorities said.<\/p>\n Cops found the cars at a Tesla Collision Center in Las Vegas, with the word ‘Resist’ spray-painted in capital letters on the facility’s doors.<\/p>\n Just last week, multiple incendiary devices were found at a Tesla dealership in Austin, Texas, according to police.<\/p>\n The Austin Police Department’s bomb squad unit was deployed to the dealership, where they determined the devices were incendiary.<\/p>\n Incendiary devices are weapons or munitions designed to set fire to objects or cause burns, according to the\u00a0United Nations<\/a>‘ Office for Disarmament Affairs.<\/p>\n Authorities collected the devices without incident.<\/p>\n Anti-Elon Musk Tesla arson attacks spread to EUROPE after spate of cars wrecked in US following Trump’s show of support<\/p>\n Thr suspected arson attacks first reached Europe when four Tesla cars were set ablaze in the Pl\u00e4nterwald and Steglitz areas of Berlin, Germany.<\/p>\n The country has seen a number of anti-Musk protests following his endorsement of the far-right Alternative f\u00fcr Deutschland (AfD) party in the runup to February’s general election.<\/p>\n Most of these have targeted Tesla factories and have included projecting an image of Musk making a controversial salute to Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin in January.<\/p>\n The display was put up alongside the words “Heil Tesla”.<\/p>\n Most recently, an overnight incident in Tigard, Oregon, saw “more than a dozen” shots fired at a Tesla dealership, reports\u00a0ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n Three Teslas were vandalized in Dedham, Massachusetts, including “words spray-painted” onto two Cybertrucks.<\/p>\n All four tires of the trucks and a Tesla Model S were “reportedly damaged”, according to Dedham Police Department.<\/p>\n That very same day,\u00a0President Trump and Musk were seen outside the White House alongside a number of Teslas<\/a>.<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n The attacks follow Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk’s appointment as head of the Department for Government Efficiency (DOGE)Credit: ReutersTESLA TASK FORCE <\/p>\n The FBI has now launched a special task force to investigate the rising wave of attacks against Tesla cars.<\/p>\n FBI<\/a>\u00a0head Kash Patel said on X: \u201cThe FBI has been investigating the increase in violent activity toward Tesla, and over the last few days, we have taken additional\u00a0steps<\/a>\u00a0to crack down and coordinate our response.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is domestic\u00a0terrorism<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThose responsible will be pursued, caught, and brought to justice.\u201d<\/p>\n Musk addressed worried employees last Thursday.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cIf you read the news, it feels like, you know, Armageddon.\u201d<\/p>\n The boss added that anyone burning Tesla vehicles was \u201cpsycho\u201d and should \u201cstop being psycho!\u201d<\/p>\n Furious Donald Trump called out the attacks and defended Tesla<\/a>, saying that anyone convicted of such crimes could serve their sentence in\u00a0El Salvadorian prisons<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Central American nation is infamous for its treatment of inmates in sprawling mega prisons.<\/p>\n A US protest group known as Tesla Takedown called for demonstrations on Saturday, March 29, outside of the nearly 300 Tesla showrooms in the country.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the group told CNBC, \u201cThe US government has a long\u00a0history\u00a0of conflating peaceful protest with violence.<\/p>\n \u201cThe #TeslaTakedown movement has been & always will be nonviolent.<\/p>\n “They want to scare us away from protesting Musk\u2019s destruction \u2014 but standing up for free speech is essential to democracy.”<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n The word \u201cRESIST\u201d painted at a Tesla building after an incendiary attack on several cars on March 18, 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