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11:38, 19-Mar-2018
Two injured in Texas capital blast
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Two men were wounded and hospitalized after an explosion rocked a neighborhood in Austin, Texas on Sunday evening, in the fourth such incident in the city this month.
According to Austin Police Chief Brian Manley, the injuries of the two men, who were thought to be in their 20s, were not life threatening.
It was not immediately clear what caused the blast, or whether it was connected to the three explosions which hit Austin earlier this month, and were all triggered by package bombs. But Manley told people to stay in their homes and avoid touching any suspicious packages at a press conference.
Screenshot from Twitter account of Austin Police Department
Screenshot from Twitter account of Austin Police Department
The first package bomb exploded on March 2 at an east Austin home, killing a 39-year-old African-American man, Anthony Stephan House.
The second package bomb exploded last Monday morning, killing 17-year-old African-American teenager Draylen Mason, who brought the package home. The blast also injured his mother.
The third blast took place hours after the second one on the same day, when another package injured a 75-year-old Hispanic woman.
According to the investigators, those packages were not delivered by official methods, but were left on doorsteps overnight.
Police believe that a single serial bomber is behind the previous blasts, and have offered a total of 115,000 US dollars for information on the suspect.
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