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Austin bomb suspect blows self up as SWAT team approached

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.

Austin serial bombings.

Also at CNN, BBC, and Bloomberg.

Previously: Two Injured in Fourth Package Bombing Incident this Month in Austin, Texas

1. "Austin bomb suspect blows self up as SWAT team approached" - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/austin-bombings-suspect-believed-neutralized-sources-n858576
2. "Austin serial bombings" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_serial_bombings
3. "CNN" - https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/us/austin-explosions/index.html
4. "BBC" - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43484386
5. "Bloomberg" - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-21/the-latest-atf-at-scene-of-suspect-in-packagebombmurders
6. "Two Injured in Fourth Package Bombing Incident this Month in Austin, Texas" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/03/20/0120246

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