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Texas explosions: FBI 'investigating new blast at FedEx plant' Texas explosions: FBI investigating new blast at FedEx plant
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The FBI is investigating an explosion at a FedEx depot near San Antonio, Texas, according to local news reports. A parcel bomb has exploded at a FedEx depot near San Antonio, Texas, injuring one, the local fire department said.
The reports said the incident occurred overnight in the town of Schertz, an hour south of Austin, where four bombs have detonated in recent weeks. The incident occurred overnight in the town of Schertz, an hour south of Austin where four bombs have been planted in recent weeks.
No link has yet been established with the previous explosions, which killed two people and which police believe are the work of a serial bomber. Federal agents told the Associated Press that the package was bound for Austin and probably linked to the previous devices, which killed two.
Local news station Kens 5 reported that staff were being held at the depot. Authorities believe the blasts are the work of a serial bomber.
Unconfirmed reports say one person has suffered non-life threatening injuries. The San Antonio Fire Department said the person injured in Schertz suffered a non-life threatening, "percussion-type" injury.
Three of the four previous devices planted in Austin were hidden in parcels left at residential addresses.
Police said another was probably activated by a tripwire, triggered by two men walking along a street in south-west Austin.