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<h6><span style="color: #030000;"><strong>Latest explosion in Austin injures 2, may be linked to tripwire</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #030000;"><strong>Device exploded in residential area of southwest Austin on Sunday night, Mar 18</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #030000;"><strong>Two male Caucasian victims transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #030000;"><strong>Th device, the fourth in a month in city, exploded late Sunday night, following the previous explosion of three package bombs detonated in a three-week span</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #030000;"><strong>Police ordered residents the Texas capital to stay indoors and urged the package bomber who has killed two to surrender</strong></span></h6>
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<h6><span style="color: #030000;"><strong>Authorities believe the explosive device was triggered by a tripwire </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #030000;"><strong>Residents in the Travis Country area are advised to remain inside until 10am</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #030000;"><strong>It follows a string of package bombs that killed two in Austin in the past month</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #030000;"><strong>Anthony Stephan House, 39, died on Mar 2 and followed by 17-year-old, Draylen Mason on Mar 12 when package bombs were left at their respective homes</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #030000;"><strong>The dead men were both African-American raising speculation the bombing was racially motivated</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #030000;"><strong>The number of injured survivors increased has increased with the addition of two Caucasian men in their twenties, in the latest explosion, <span style="color: #030000;">to </span></strong><strong>Hispanic woman Esperanza Herrera, 75, who was injured in the third explosion, on Mar 12</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #030000;"><strong>Feds now say the detonations were likely the handiwork of a serial bomber</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #030000;"><strong>Police said latest attack showed &#8216;different level of skill&#8217; than the package bombs</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-290849" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Police-infvestigate-4th-bombing-in-Austin-TX-1.jpg" alt="Police infvestigate 4th bombing in Austin , TX 1" width="920" height="415" /><strong>FBI agents converged on the crime scene on Sunday night. An affluent residential neighborhood of single-family homes</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">An explosion in Austin that injured two men on bicycles forced police to warn nearby residents to remain indoors overnight as investigators looked for links to three other package bombings in the city this month.<br />
The latest blast occurred around 8.30pm on Sunday in a southwestern Austin residential neighborhood known as Travis Country.<br />
The explosion seriously injured two white men in their 20s when they are believed to have triggered a tripwire when they were pushing or riding their bikes down a sidewalk.<br />
Austin Police Chief Brian Manley told Good Morning America that the latest attack showed &#8216;a different level of skill&#8217; than the package bombs used in the three prior attacks.<br />
<strong>Related: </strong><a href="https://konniemoments.com/2018/03/14/are-the-austin-package-bomb-incidents-race-related-questions-asked-as-authorities-say-families-of-two-austin-package-bomb-victims-knew-each-other-all-affected-families-are-minorities/" rel="bookmark">Are the Austin package bomb incidents race related? Questions asked as authorities say families of two Austin package bomb victims knew each other – All affected families are minorities</a></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;It is very possible that this device was activated by someone either handling, kicking or coming in contact with a tripwire that activated the device,&#8217; Chief Manley said in an early morning press briefing on Monday.<br />
&#8216;We do believe, based on what we have seen, that it was a bomb that exploded.<br />
&#8216;We do not believe that this was, as previously, a package left on doorstep, but that this was some type of suspicious package that was left on the side of the road and that detonated and injured these two men.<br />
&#8216;We are working under the belief that they are connected to the previous bombings.&#8217;<br />
Residents in the Travis Country area were ordered to stay in their homes until Monday morning and no school buses were going to drive through the area to pick up children.<br />
Manley said authorities would keep the surrounding area blocked off until further notice because of overnight darkness and the &#8216;size of the area that we want to go in and check.&#8217;<br />
Police kept residential streets on lockdown, gradually expanding their barricades and closing off all roads into the neighborhood.</p>
<h6><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-290850" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Anthony-Stephan-House-and-Draylen-Mason-flyer.jpg" alt="Anthony Stephan House and Draylen Mason flyer.jpg" width="794" height="1024" />Anthony Stephan House and Draylen Mason were the first victims&#8217; of the Austin package bomber</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Before daybreak on Monday, Austin police pushed another alert to cellphones advising residents to continue staying indoors and to call 911 if they needed to leave their homes before 10am.<br />
Manley also said authorities had worked to &#8216;clear&#8217; a suspicious backpack found in the area that was part of a separate report.<br />
&#8216;We want to put out the message that we&#8217;ve been putting out and that is, not only do not touch any packages or anything that looks like a package, do not even go near it at this time,&#8217; Manley said.</p>
<h6><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-290859" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Austin-police-tweet2-1.jpg" alt="Austin police tweet2" width="654" height="988" />Austin police issued an advisory after the fourth explosion on Sunday</strong></h6>
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<h6><strong><img class="" src="https://i2.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Draylen-Mason-1.jpg?ssl=1&;w=612" alt="Draylen Mason 1.jpg" width="714" height="400" />Package bomb attack victim was college bound 17-year-old music prodigy, Draylen Mason, 17, who died on March 12 when a package bomb was delivered to his home </strong></h6>
<p>The alleged serial bomber has had a busy month starting with the <span class="mol-style-bold">Friday, March 2 when </span>Anthony Stephan House, 39, was killed when a package blows up at 6.55am at his home in Northeast Austin>;<br />
The second explosion occurred on<span class="mol-style-bold"> March 12, killing</span> Draylen Mason, and a woman is seriously injured in a package explosion in the kitchen of a home 12 miles south of the first incident. Four<span class="mol-style-bold"> hours later that same day, </span>Esperanza Herrera, 75, was severely injured in a package explosion while visiting her mother&#8217;s home, five miles from the Mason home.<br />
<span class="mol-style-bold">In Sunday&#8217;s incident, t</span>wo men in their twenties were seriously injured by an explosion at a home on the 4800 block of Dawn Song Drive, a quiet affluent tree-lined neighborhood of single-family homes.</p>
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<p><span class="mol-style-bold">Sunday&#8217;s incident </span>was the fourth explosion to rock Austin in less than three weeks. The latest blast was far from the first three, which occurred on the eastern and northern sides of the city.<br />
The two men injured in the latest blast where white men, while the two men killed were black. Furthermore, the families of the two men who died knew each other and both households were involved in activism in the black community.<br />
It led to speculation of a racial motive in the attacks but that has not been confirmed by investigators.<br />
Police haven&#8217;t said whether a package bomb was involved, but a large police response was seen in the area, including FBI and AFT agents wearing raid jackets as well as bomb-sniffing K9 units.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The families of the two men who died in the first two explosions knew each other and both households were involved in activism in the black community. It led to speculation of a racial motive in the attacks but that has not been confirmed by investigators.</p>
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<div class="container-3zJLP horizontal-1eH9F">All of the bombs have been distant from the famed SXSW Festival, which ran from March 9 until ending on Sunday, and are not thought to be related.</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The festival did receive an emailed bomb threat, causing a concert by The Roots to be canceled, while a suspect in that threat, 26-year-old Trevor Weldom Ingram, was arrested on Saturday.</p>
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<div>The latest explosion came just hours after police made an unusual direct appeal to whomever was responsible for three package bombs that killed two in the past month.<br />
Speaking at a press conference on Sunday afternoon, Chief Manley called on whoever is responsible for the bombs to come forward and share their &#8216;message.&#8217;<br />
&#8216;These events in Austin have garnered worldwide attention, and we assure you that we are listening,&#8217; said Manley.T<br />
&#8216;We want to understand what brought you to this point, and we want to listen to you.&#8217;<br />
Manley appealed to the bomber to communicate with authorities by calling 911 and said that as yet the motive for the attacks has baffled investigators.<br />
&#8216;There&#8217;s the message behind what&#8217;s happening in our community, and we&#8217;re not going to understand that until the suspect or suspects reaches out to us to talk to us about what that message was,&#8217; Manley said.<br />
&#8216;We still do not know what ideology may be behind this and what the motive was behind this.&#8217;<br />
Manley announced that the reward for information leading to the arrest of the bomber had been raised from $50,000 to $115,000.<br />
Anyone with information about the bombs in Austin is urged to contact investigators anonymously by calling 512-472-8477.</div>
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