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Package explosion at East Austin home leaves one dead, one injured
CBSAustin.com ^ | March 12, 2018

Posted on 03/12/2018 7:08:18 AM PDT by rdl6989

AUSTIN, Texas —

Austin Police say a package exploded at a home in east Austin on Monday morning, killing one person and injuring another.

It happened in the 4800 block of Oldfort Hill Drive, north of E. MLK Blvd.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsaustin.com ...


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This is the second bombing in Austin this month.
1 posted on 03/12/2018 7:08:18 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989

That date should be 2018 obviously.


2 posted on 03/12/2018 7:09:39 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989

News of the future today!....................


3 posted on 03/12/2018 7:10:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: rdl6989

If you don’t know who sent the package, don’t open it.

(especially in Austin....)


4 posted on 03/12/2018 7:10:50 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: rdl6989

All packages are photographed as they are processed.

Any common details in labeling? In recipients? In senders?


5 posted on 03/12/2018 7:10:51 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: rdl6989

http://cbsaustin.com/news/local/afd-reports-home-explosion-in-ne-austin

The Austin Police Department says from what they’ve gathered so far, they don’t believe this is part of a bigger plan or a terrorist act. The FBI and ATF are assisting in the investigation by working to determine what exploded and how it got there.


2 cases in a month. Copycat? Change of opinion on saying “not terrorism”?


6 posted on 03/12/2018 7:12:27 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: rdl6989

SXSW is underway in Austin. If there is a bomb making factory in town, it could be deadly for the tourists in the streets.

Will details about these murders be suppressed to keep visitors from becoming aware of their surroundings?


7 posted on 03/12/2018 7:13:48 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: a fool in paradise

It sure sounds like terrorism to me.


8 posted on 03/12/2018 7:13:54 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989

So many questions.


9 posted on 03/12/2018 7:15:38 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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“Norelius said the FBI showed her a picture of a man and asked if she’d seen him in the neighborhood. She didn’t recognize him and they wouldn’t tell her much more.”

So the FBI has a picture of a man but there is no reason to suspect terrorism? Just plain old murder?


10 posted on 03/12/2018 7:15:54 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

the first victim

http://cbsaustin.com/news/local/austin-police-identify-man-killed-in-explosion


11 posted on 03/12/2018 7:17:23 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: rdl6989

Check to the Clinton Foundation bounced?


12 posted on 03/12/2018 7:19:22 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen)
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so a block N of MLK?


13 posted on 03/12/2018 7:20:33 AM PDT by EDINVA
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To: EDINVA

It sounds like it.


14 posted on 03/12/2018 7:25:54 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: a fool in paradise

The first victim - RIP - looks suspiciously conservative.


15 posted on 03/12/2018 7:26:26 AM PDT by txhurl (The Final Thunderdome: Two Americas enter, One America leaves.)
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To: rdl6989; EDINVA

Workplace accident?


16 posted on 03/12/2018 7:27:33 AM PDT by null and void (The difference between the democrats and the GOPe is the GOPe has a smaller fire under the frog pot.)
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To: txhurl

Perhaps, but a bow tie is often associated with nation of islam.


17 posted on 03/12/2018 7:29:29 AM PDT by null and void (The difference between the democrats and the GOPe is the GOPe has a smaller fire under the frog pot.)
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To: EDINVA

Not only that, but I have yet to find an MLK Blvd. in a nice part of town.


18 posted on 03/12/2018 7:32:38 AM PDT by pinkandgreenmom
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To: rdl6989

The NBC affiliate reports a second suspicious package is being investigated at the scene.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Teen-Dead-Woman-Injured-After-Package-Explodes-in-Austin-476549383.html


19 posted on 03/12/2018 7:32:54 AM PDT by rdl6989
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A Unabomber wannabe? My first question is which packaging service delivered the package and, regardless which one, there should be tracking paperwork on it that can be located back at the source. Next, any connection between the two addresses that were bombed? Any similarities with occupations or interests of the chief occupants?

Remember, it took our keystone cops over a year to figure out who was throwing large rocks from overpasses onto I-35 traffic below so don’t assume these guys will get the case solved soon.


20 posted on 03/12/2018 7:34:32 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Donald Trump: Doing the work American politicians just won't do.)
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