A package filled with nails and shrapnel blew up last night in Schertz, Texas, near San Antonio on its way to Austin.
The package filled with nails and shrapnel exploded in a FedEx facility.
Daily Mail reported:
A package ‘containing nails and pieces of metal’ destined for Austin has exploded inside a FedEx facility in nearby San Antonio, Texas.
One wounded employee was taken to hospital after suffering a mild injury in the explosion at the distribution center in Schertz, northeast of the city.
The package detonated as it was moving from one conveyor belt to another and the staff member was not hit by the contents, local news reports.
Federal agents say the package is likely linked to four other attacks this month in Austin, some 80 miles north-east of San Antonio, that have left two dead and four injured.
Authorities say a ‘serial bomber’ is at large and have warned that the devices appear to be getting more sophisticated.
The explosion is linked to the other four recent explosions.
"More than possible" package that blew up at FedEx building near San Antonio is linked to recent Austin bombings, FBI says https://t.co/sN7WnXNLfr pic.twitter.com/aajDwc5sBj
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 20, 2018
The FBI says the explosions are related.
Texas Explosions:
—Schertz, TX—
3/20:
•FedEx facility near San Antonio
•1 injured
•Package addressed to Austin—Austin—
3/18:
•Two men (22, 23) injured
•Tripwire device3/12:
•Woman (75) injured3/12:
•Boy (17) killed
•Woman (40) injured3/2:
•Man (39) killed https://t.co/ZLUV7RsfMo— Fox News Research (@FoxNewsResearch) March 20, 2018
A package has detonated at a FedEx facility just outside San Antonio. Here's what we know: pic.twitter.com/Cfo7KAnFQ6
— Wes Rapaport (@wesrap) March 20, 2018