AUSTIN — Police said Monday the three exploding packages that detonated at homes in this city across a 10-day period — including two blasts on Monday — are all connected, although precisely what motivated the attacks remained an unnerving mystery.
Anyone have more intel on this? I know we’ve got more than a few Texan members.
That pretty much covered everything they said in the short press conference a while ago. They eliminated the packages arriving through any of the major carriers and believe the were dropped off at the homes during the night. FBI and USPS inspectors are assisting in the investigation. Chief also said they are talking to homeowners that may have security cameras that could have recorded anything.
Yes this just in, packages are now banned. If we ban all packages, the 0.0000000001% of the total number of packages each year utilized for nefarious purposes will be eliminated completely.
That may explain why three of mine disappeared today.
This is tradecraft of Ted Kaczynski, aka Unabomber. Mail bombs using crudely fashioned homemade explosives like smokeless powder inside a metal tube capped at both ends using wooden dowels and later using threaded pipe ends, and a primitive detonator consisting of nail/matches and later 9v batteries /heat filament wire. The BATFE is already involved along with the USPS, and they say as of right now, none of the recipients are connected in any way but they will continue to investigate. I wonder if a manifesto will come about.
“Mail” bombings, Republican president, Russia scare… anyone else wonder how we got back to the 1980’s?
I’m thinking this guy is working without a cause, just a random nutcase since none of the victims have any connection. Kaczynski had a motivating factor and a’ “Cause” if you will, this appears more random in targets, yet in a four mile area.
Bombs stable enough to move easily yet detonate when you open them would at least to my very basic knowledge are being primed when they are sat on the porch and after they’ve been moved to the target.
Yet somehow, the music, fashion and attitude stayed in the 2000’s.
We don’t know that yet, the BATFE only said that as of right now, there is no direct connection between each recipient. The Unabomber’s victims didn’t have any direct connection either. It wasn’t until the manifesto was published that the pieces were able to be connected. A 4 mile area should make it a little easier than say a nation wide area. 99.999/100 the bomber lives in or around Austin Texas. The bomber could pick his recipients by a pot luck lottery or doing research, work ups and plotting each individual recipient. Building a mail bomb is something you have to do with at least primitive precision, while leaving absolute no paper trail, a smudge of fingerprints, and not be seen while delivery, not you, the car, not even a description of car- make, model, color or a description of you- build, height, color, etc. Seems like a lot of work and hassle just to do this without cause. There has to be something that is compelling this individual to place bombs disguised as mail on the doorsteps of peoples homes.
Maybe he has a hard on against Amazon. Maybe he bought bunch of expensive SOS land only to find out that Amazon aint coming to Austin and now he is sitting on the bill. Crazy be crazy. Hope they nail him jiffy quick.
Fourth Bomb tonight.
Pretty bold considering the attention that’s been given to this.
Updated
One bomb apparently exploded, lots of confusion on the ground. A second explosion is in question and s back pack.
Two wounded or at least in route to the hospital.
word on the street is that this may be treated as a “hate” crime. I just figured this would be treated as domestic terrorism or 1st degree murder (4 counts) or conspiracy to both .
Mmmmmm.
They were looking at connections the other day, some were related, all were black.
I’m sure there are also things we don’t know.
thought one was Hispanic ?
4th bomb yesterday
They are questioning if the bombs are from a different bomb maker now.
Apparently something must have changed in the type of trigger used.
Tripwire trigger - device was along the road, injured a couple of guys on bicycles.
I was guessing he used mercury switches previously.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the Red Guards were somehow mixed up in this.
If you have never heard of them . . .
Red Guards and the Modern Face of Protest
Agitators, disrupters, or “anarchists,” these masked protesters represent a new resistance
https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2017-02-17/red-guards-and-the-modern-face-of-protest/
You know I’m going to take a SWAG and say the Red Guard are likely either suburban raised Texas College Students or outsiders new to Texas.
Austin or not, going over to east Austin to blow up some black and brown folks almost seems to go against any sort of, wacko or not goals these guys might have.
If you’re right these Muppets are going to be doing some serious time and/or get a needle up in Huntsville.
If this bomber has a motive, I doubt it’s about promoting the Socialist Marxist agenda.
I just said I wouldn’t be surprised if they were…
Everyone thought the Beltway Sniper was some white dude tooling around in a pick-up with an NRA sticker because several of the vics were black. Turned out to be two black muslim converts.
The oxygen thief in SC that went and murdered those black parishioners in a EAM church thought he could kick off a “race war” if he went and did what he did.
It very well may be they had nothing to do with these bombings, but generally bombings are political in nature.