Package Explosion at Texas FedEx Facility Believed to Be Fifth Strike Linked to Austin Bombings

Austin explosionsA FedEx employee was injured early Tuesday after a package explosion, believed to be bound for Austin and linked to previous bombings in the state’s capital, detonated at a distribution center in Schertz, Texas.
The Schertz Police Department confirmed on Facebook that they responded to an explosion at the facility, which they determined came from the sorting area. NBC affiliate WOAI reported the package detonated while being transported from an upper conveyor belt to a lower one.
The package contained nails and shrapnel, according to the San Antonio Fire Department. The Washington Post reports that the package was believed to have been headed for Austin, the site of four previous bombings.
Police said “one person was treated and released at the scene.” The fire department added that the worker suffered a “non life threatening percussion type injury.”
FBI San Antonio spokeswoman Michelle Lee said “we suspect it is related to our investigation” into the bombings in Austin this month.
The first explosion occurred on March 2, when a man was killed after he found a package on his front steps, which then detonated. The blast was investigated initially as a suspicious death, and later as a homicide.
Seventeen-year-old Draylen Mason died in a similar fashion 10 days later. A woman in her 40s, believed to be the teen’s mother, was also injured.

Hours after the second explosion occurred, police reported a third blast, confirming that a 75-year-old Hispanic woman was injured.

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