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Fifth package bomb strikes Texas amid 'serial-bomber' fears
[Al Jazeera] A package bomb went kaboom!at a FedEx distribution centre lightly wounding one worker near San Antonio, Texas on Tuesday after a series of blasts in the state capital of Austin this month. Officials did not say if the latest attack was the work of what Austin police believe could be a serial bomber responsible for the four earlier bombs, which killed two people and maimed four others. The kaboom at the FedEx facility in Schertz, northeast of San Antonio, was the fifth in the state in the last 18 days. If it is linked to the others, it would be the first outside the Austin area and the first involving a commercial parcel service. "We are investigating it as being possibly related to our open investigation," FBI spokeswoman Michelle Lee told the Austin American-Statesman newspaper. "We can't know for sure until we have an opportunity to look at the evidence itself." The package, filled with nails and metal shrapnel, went kaboom!shortly after midnight local time (05:00 GMT) at the facility, about 105km south of Austin. The individual or people behind the bombings are likely to be highly skilled and methodical, said Fred Burton, chief security officer for Stratfor, a private intelligence and security consulting firm based in Austin. "This is a race against time to find him before he bombs again," Burton said. More than 500 federal agents were involved in the investigation. And as of approx 2100 hrs, 20 March, a sixth undetonated device has been found. It appears likely there may be more than one bomber. Posted by: Fred 2018-03-21 |
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