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Authorities respond to another explosion in Austin, Texas

Posted at 12:40 PM, Mar 12, 2018
and last updated 2018-03-12 14:02:55-04

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The Latest on deadly package bombings in Austin, Texas (all times local):

   12:30 p.m.

Police are responding to another explosion in Austin that badly injured a woman, hours after a package bomb killed a teenager and wounded a woman in a different part of the city.

Austin-Travis County EMS tweeted that an explosion Monday in southeast Austin injured a woman in her 70s, who has been hospitalized. A second woman from that address has been hospitalized with an unrelated medical issue.

Authorities have not said whether the most recent explosion was caused by a package bomb like the one that exploded earlier Monday.

Police Chief Brian Manley said at a news conference Monday that investigators believe the deadly blast Monday is linked to a March 2 package bomb that killed a 39-year-old man in another part of the city.

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