The suspect in a spate of bombings that terrorized residents of Austin, Texas, died after detonating an explosive inside his vehicle as a SWAT team approached to apprehend him on the side of a highway, officials said.
Early Wednesday, authorities tracked the suspect — a 24-year-old white man — to a hotel in Round Rock, a city in the Austin metropolitan area, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley told a news conference early Wednesday.
They tracked his vehicle until it pulled over on Interstate 35 and the suspect "detonated a bomb inside the vehicle, knocking one of our SWAT officers back and one of our officers fired on the vehicle as well," Manley said.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by PinkyGigglebrain on Wednesday March 21 2018, @04:49PM (2 children)
There is precedent to the LEO's planting bombs to frame people.
http://www.judibari.org/bomb-overview-Nov97.html [judibari.org]
But you are correct that there would need to be something about the suspect that would cause one to think it was setup by the LEO's.
The likelyhood is that the person in the car was the bomber, but until there is solid conformation it is best to consider all possibilities.
"Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."
(Score: 2) by legont on Wednesday March 21 2018, @06:02PM
He bought supposedly rare batteries shipped from China that were used in the bombs.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Wednesday March 21 2018, @06:07PM
Framing a random guy for bombing doesn't help stop the real bomber from bombing again...