Fifth parcel blast reported in Texas

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Texas - A package exploded early Tuesday at a FedEx distribution facility in Texas, authorities said, following a series of other blasts in Austin in recent weeks that police had attributed to a serial bomber.

The parcel exploded at a facility in the town of Schertz, in the San Antonio area.

In a statement on social media, the Schertz Police Department said one person received medical attention at the scene.

"We can confirm that a single package exploded while in a FedEx Ground sortation facility early this morning," the shipping company said.

"One team member is being treated for minor injuries. We are working closely with law enforcement in their investigation."

The Washington Post, quoting the FBI, reported that the package had been bound for Austin, the state capital - scene of previous deadly blasts.

The explosion came as hundreds of police officers and FBI agents searched for the perpetrator of Sunday's blast in Austin - the fourth this month - left two young men seriously injured and the city on edge.
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More at: https://www.news24.com/World/News/fifth-parcel-blast-reported-in-texas-20180320
 
‘Serial Bomber’ Is Suspected in Explosions That Have Put Austin on Edge

First, it was picking up a package on the doorstep. Now, it’s a walk in the neighborhood.

Those two simple acts have turned sinister in this capital city, as what the authorities said was likely a serial bomber used packages left on doorsteps and tripwires strung along leafy streets to hide and detonate homemade explosives. Four crude bombs have detonated across the city in the span of 16 days. With no suspect and no motive, neither residents nor law enforcement officials know when or where the next explosion might come — particularly after the latest attack on Sunday, when the suspect switched devices and methods, baffling local, state and federal investigators.

“It just sort of puts you on edge,” said Thad Holt, 76, who lives about two blocks from the scene of the blast on Sunday that wounded two men. “It puts the whole town on edge.”

The need for caution was underlined early Tuesday when a package exploded at a FedEx distribution center near San Antonio, injuring one employee. Local and federal law enforcement agencies were trying to determine whether that explosion, in Schertz, Tex., was linked to the four bombings in Austin.

The four explosions have killed two people and wounded four others since March 2. The first three were package bombings that detonated after the victims handled simple cardboard parcels on their doorsteps in northeast and east Austin. The packages were not mailed, but left near their doors. The fourth device on Sunday appeared to have been triggered by a tripwire set up along a quiet southwest Austin street, igniting a shrapnel-laced explosive that had been partly obscured by a home-for-sale sign, officials and neighbors said. The first three incidents appeared to target those who handled the packages, but the latest one targeted no one specifically, and lay dormant for an unknown period until the two young men tripped the wire.
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Just in on CNN - bomber was cornered and blew himself up
 
Texas need stricter parcel laws. Background checks, strict licence laws etc...
 
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/21/us/austin-explosions/index.html

Austin bomber kills himself with explosive device

A suspect in a wave of bombing attacks in Austin killed himself inside his car with an explosive device early Wednesday as authorities closed in, police said.

Since the bombings started on March 2, investigators frantically searched for clues, calling the attacks the work of a"serial bomber" who increasingly changed tactics. The bombings killed two people and left the Texas capital terrorized with fear for 19 days.
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marine1 said:
Ban bombs
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As police in Austin, Texas, desperately searched for*the person who had left explosive packages*all over the city, killing two people, they realized that the bombs had something in common: they were being made from common household ingredients. So investigators hit the area's stores, scanning receipts and looking for clues.
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Randhir said:
Oh so it's going to be a 'mental health' issue, not a 'terrorist' one.
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No, it's going to be a case of "domestic terrorism", rather than "foreign terrorism".

The issue/cause remains to be seen, but I can see what you were trying to imply.
 
Iwojima said:
No, it's going to be a case of "domestic terrorism", rather than "foreign terrorism".

The issue/cause remains to be seen, but I can see what you were trying to imply.
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Yeah, I'm sure.
 
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