Police: Third Austin Texas Package Explosion Linked to Two Deadly Incidents [video]

March 12, 2018

It seems Texas is frequently a target for terrorism and many explosions, whether buildings or packages.  ~ BP



Police: Third Austin package explosion linked to two deadly incidents

Last Updated Mar 12, 2018 4:26 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas — Police in Austin say “similarities” between three package explosions in Texas’ capital city this month, two fatal, lead them to believe the incidents are related. The latest fatal incident, reported Monday morning, killed a 17-year-old boy and wounded a woman, Austin police chief Brian Manley said.

The boy died at the scene and the woman in her 40s was taken to the hospital with potentially life threatening injuries after the explosion at the East Austin home before 7 a.m. In an earlier incident March 2, Anthony Stephan House, 39, was killed when a package exploded at his northeast Austin home, CBS affiliate KEYE reports. 

Police also responded around 11:50 a.m. Monday to the report of an explosion in southeast Austin in which a woman was badly injured. Police received multiple calls about an explosion, Manley said at a press conference Monday afternoon. The victim in the incident came outside of her home to retrieve a package left on her front step, which exploded.

She is a 75-year-old woman and is listed in critical but stable condition, Manley said. Her injuries are considered life threatening.

“This is the third in what we believe to be related incidents,” Manley said.

Manley said a task force had been formed to investigate the incidents. He urged residents to be careful and not to open suspicious packages. If residents encounter any packages left at their homes they aren’t expecting, he urged them to call 911.

“It’s not time to panic, but it’s time to be vigilant and it’s time to pay attention, it’s time to come together as a city and solve this,”  Manley said.

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