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Schertz FedEx Bombing Linked to Austin Bombings

Tuesday, March 20th, 2018

Another bomb exploded in central Texas, this one at a FedEx facility in Schertz near San Antonio:

At least one person has been injured when a package bomb exploded at a FedEx facility near San Antonio in Texas early Tuesday. Federal agents said the incident is likely linked to attacks by a serial bomber that have killed two people in Austin, the Associated Press reported.

The incident happened at about 12:30 a.m. at the FedEx Ground distribution center in Schertz.

The San Antonio Texas Fire Department said a FedEx employee apparently suffered a non-life-threatening “percussion-type” injury from the blast.

Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI were sent to the scene as well as SWAT and bomb squads from the San Antonio Police Department.

NPR says the package was intended for Austin.

[T]he package was moving from an elevated conveyor belt to a lower section when it exploded,” the television station reports.

It “contained shrapnel consisting of nails and pieces of metal, sources said,” according to the CBS affiliate, which said the Schertz facility has 75 employees.

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