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More than 500 federal agents working on Austin bombing case

By Anna Giaritelli
Published March 19, 2018 4:05pm ET
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More than 500 federal agents working on Austin bombing case
Authorities work on the scene of an explosion in Austin on Monday, March 12, 2018. Two package bomb blasts a few miles apart killed a teenager and wounded two women in Austin on Monday, less than two weeks after a similar attack left a man dead in another part of the Texas capital. | (Ricardo B. Brazziell/AP)

The federal government has directed more than 500 agents to help state and local law enforcement as they investigate a fourth bombing in Austin, Texas, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley announced Monday.

“We have over 500 agents and their teams working on Austin cases alone. And we have additional resources being brought in again by both of those agencies,” Manley told reporters during a press conference Monday morning.

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