Package believed to be bound for Austin explodes at Texas FedEx facility, police say
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Source: Washington Post
A package believed to be bound for Austin exploded at a Texas FedEx facility overnight, law enforcement officials said early Tuesday. The explosion occurred at a facility in Schertz, Tex., just northeast of San Antonio sometime around 1 a.m., said FBI Special Agent Michelle Lee. ATF spokeswoman Nicole Strong said that early indications are that no one was injured.
A law enforcement source said that police are investigating whether the explosion was related to the other four in Austin, and that it is definitely a concern of ours.
The incident happened as investigators scrambled for clues at the scene of another mysterious explosion Sunday in Austin, the fourth in a string of attacks in the city this month. Authorities believe they are the work of a sophisticated serial bomber who has been terrorizing Austin with increasingly complex devices.
Sundays blast in Austin, which injured two men walking through a residential area, marked an escalation in both the tactics and skills displayed by the bomber or bombers, police said. While the three previous devices were hidden in packages delivered to homes in residential neighborhoods, the fourth device anchored to a for-sale sign was left on the side of the road and was rigged with a tripwire, showing a higher level of sophistication, a higher level of skill, said Brian Manley, the interim Austin police chief.
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UPDATE - Just heard on Madison @ 9:45 am EDT - Austin police responding to a another suspicious package near Fedex facility at the airport in the Austin area. According to the below, they received a call early this morning -
That facility is at 4117 McKinney Falls Parkway, near the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Austin police confirm they are investigating after a call came in at 6:19 a.m. Deputies from the Travis County Sheriff's Office are also on scene, as well as members of the Austin Fire Department and Austin-Travis County EMS.
APD confirmed the intersection of McKinney Falls Parkway and Burleson Road is closed to traffic. Check alternate routes here.
Around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday a package bomb went off at a FedEx Ground facility in Schertz, Texas, about 75 miles southwest of Austin. Officials say that package was bound for Austin. This comes in the wake of four package bombings in Austin in the past three weeks, in which two people have died and four people have been hurt.
http://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/heavy-police-presence-at-fedex-near-austin-airport/1062630735
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Wow. This is getting bad.
This IS "terrorism".
A package believed to be bound for Austin exploded at a Texas FedEx facility overnight, law enforcement officials said early Tuesday.
The explosion occurred at a FedEx facility in Schertz, Tex., just northeast of San Antonio sometime around 1 a.m., said FBI Special Agent Michelle Lee. She did not have the exact time.
ATF spokeswoman Nicole Strong said that early indications are that no one was injured.
This is a developing story.
Edit to add that I didn't realize the details of the bomb that was "anchored to a for-sale sign" where the tripwire was attached. YIKES!
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it had an address for Austin. I will depend on how much of that was left after the explosion though to get an exact address.
I did hear on the radio that this package had nails/screws and other shrapnel in it, so that is nasty as hell! 
https://www.democraticunderground.com/110314182
These crazy people are getting their marching orders from some place. And I don't think it's from OP-EDs in the NYT.
on the move....
Some may have been under (some) surveillance based on any reported suspicious behavior and get caught before anything happens but others.... 
This is full blown terrorism! 
