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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Austin police chief says a “domestic terrorist” set off a series of explosions that killed two people and severely wounded four others in the Texas capital.
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But at a meeting Thursday on the police and community response to the bombings, Manley labeled the accused bomber a “domestic terrorist for what he did to us.”
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Mark Conditt blew himself up as authorities approached on March 21. He had planted bombs that terrorized Austin for weeks.
Manley previously called Conditt a “very troubled young man,” drawing criticism that the bomber would have been labeled a terrorist more quickly if he had not been a white man.
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