India, April 1 -- Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Monday claimed that an act of terrorism had led to more than 17 cars being damaged in a fire at a dealership for his company in Rome amid a spate of attacks on the vehicles across Europe.

In a post on X, where a post showed the Tesla cars which had been destroyed by the blaze, Musk simply responded with "terrorism" in response to the attacks on his company's vehicles.

An Italian special police unit named Digos is leading an investigation into the possibility of anarchists setting fire to the cars, reported Reuters. The fire broke out at around 4:30 am on Monday. While several cars were seriously damaged, no person was injured.

Italy's deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini, expressed his support f...