Austin Package Bombs Appear to Be Targeting Prominent Black Families
"Three package bombs have gone off in Austin, Texas, in the past two weeks, and they appear to have targeted members of prominent black families, the president of the local NAACP told NBC News Wednesday.
The families of Stephen House, who was killed on March 2, and Draylen Mason, who was killed on Monday, have known each other for a long time and go to the same church, according to Nelson Linder. The Austin NAACP president said that a third bomb, which injured 75-year-old Esperanza Herrera, may have been intended for another person who might be connected to the House and Mason families.
Though the Austin police agree that the bombings are related, they havent suggested a motive. They also havent said whether they think the victims were personally targeted. But interim Austin police chief Brian Manley did tell reporters this week that theyre not ruling out the possibly that hate crime is at the core of this.
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Dixon told the Washington Post that he doesnt think the victims history is a coincidence. Somebodys done their homework on both of us, and they knew what they were doing, he said. My diagnosis: Number one, I think its a hate crime. Number two, somebodys got some kind of vendetta here.
Investigators have begun looking into the connection between the Mason and House families, attempting to see if the victims relationships to prominent members of Austins African-American community is related to the bombings, the Austin American-Statesman reported on Wednesday.
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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...to-be-targeting-prominent-black-families.html
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Note: There is also a little more information about the bombs themselves at the link, though I think that's the least of our own worries.
I fear for all of us.