Remaining portion destroyed for safety

A rural monument that was damaged in an intentional bombing this week has now been demolished over safety concerns, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced.

State officials also released surveillance video in the search for those responsible for setting off the Wednesday morning explosion at the Georgia Guidestones monument.

Erected in 1980, the massive granite monument stood 7 miles north of Elberton, Georgia, near the South Carolina state line.

“For safety reasons, the structure has been completely demolished,” the GBI posted on Twitter while releasing videos showing the powerful blast and what appears to be a four-door silver car at he scene.

Elbert County Sheriff’s Office deputies who responded to the scene found the explosion destroyed a large part of the monument, the GBI reported.

According to the GBI, officials determined someone detonated an explosive device at the scene. They have not elaborated on what type of device it was, but pictures and drone footage show one of the four stone panels in rubble on the ground.

No one was injured.

As of Thursday, a motive in the bombing had not been released and state and local authorities continued to search for a suspect in the case.

Before its demise this week, the 19-foot-high monument, commissioned by an unknown person or group under the name R.C. Christian, featured messages about world peace and population control in multiple languages.

The attraction received renewed attention and a lengthy shoutout on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver when Kandiss Taylor, a Republican candidate for governor, claimed the Guidestones are satanic and made demolishing them part of her platform.