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Another Package Bomb Exploded In Texas And People Are Freaked

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A fourth package bomb exploded in Austin, Texas, Sunday evening, injuring at least two people and causing police to lock down the neighborhood overnight.

The package left by the side of the road was likely triggered by a trip wire, making it a different device than the other three packages that exploded, Austin Police chief Brian Manley said in a press conference late Sunday.

“Once we go in and do the post-blast analysis in the morning, we’ll have a bet idea if the comp of this device are similar to the other components,” Manley said. “We are working on the belief that this is related to the other bombing incidents.”

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Police have told residents in the neighborhood to stay indoors until 10 a.m. Monday to give investigators time to process the scene.

The explosion Sunday and the other three bombings were “meant to send a message,” Manley said, and he urged the perpetrator to “reach out to us before anyone else is injured or killed.”

The two men injured were in their 20s and appeared to have wounds that were not life threatening. One of the young men had nails embedded in his leg from the blast, emergency medical crews said.

The bomb detonated a few hours after authorities raised the reward for information on the March bombings to $115,000.

In the three earlier bombing incidents, residents found the packages left on doorsteps around the Austin area. The blasts have killed two people and injured many others.

“We now need the community to have an extra level of vigilance and pay attention to any suspicious device, whether it be a package, a bag, [or] a backpack,” Manley said.

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