Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Yet another Texas bomb

A package believed to be bound for Austin exploded at a Texas FedEx facility early Tuesday, law enforcement officials said, opening another potential front in investigations into a series of blasts.

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The explosion happened shortly after midnight at the facility in Schertz, Tex., just northeast of San Antonio. But few other details were immediately available, including where the package entered the FedEx system, its specific destination and the composition of the device.

  WaPo
I'm guessing they won't want to reveal details at this point. That probably wouldn't be wise. Hopefully those details will lead them to the terrorist(s) (whom they won't yet call terrorists because they don't know if they have brown or light skin).
Schertz police said the explosion came from a package in the sorting area of the facility. One person was treated by medical teams and released at the scene, the police department said in a statement posted on Facebook.

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The interim Austin police chief, Brian Manley, said Tuesday morning that local officials were “working closely” with federal authorities on the FedEx probe. Separately, the Austin police said they were responding to a reported suspicious package believed to be at a FedEx facility near the city’s airport.

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Authorities believe they are the work of a sophisticated “serial bomber” who has been terrorizing Austin with increasingly complex devices.
Did the "authorities" say "terrorizing"? There's no quote marks around it, so I'm guessing that was the reporter's term.

 ...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.


UPDATE:
Background on the bomber.

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