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'I'm Ready To Call 911': Austin On Edge With 'Serial Bomber' At Large

The fourth bombing in less than three weeks has unnerved the Texas capital. More than 500 investigators and bomb techs are working to catch whoever is behind the explosions.
Police tape marks off a neighborhood in Austin, Texas, where a package bomb went off Sunday night, injuring two people. It is the fourth similar explosion in the metropolitan area in three weeks.

More than 500 investigators and bomb techs have streamed into Austin, Texas, to look for clues and catch what they're now calling a "serial bomber."

Four explosions have killed two people and injured four more, one gravely.

In the latest attack, two men in their early 20s were walking along a quiet street Sunday night when they tripped a wire. They remain hospitalized in stable condition.

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