A white man suspected of carrying out a series of deadly parcel bombings in the Texas state capital Austin blew himself up early Wednesday as police closed in - easing tensions in a city that has been on edge for weeks. Police surrounded the man - identified by US media as Mark Anthony Conditt - outside a hotel in the suburbs of Austin, where two people were killed and several others injured in the bombings that began on March 2.
The suspect detonated a device in his car and later died, Austin police chief Brian Manley told an early morning news conference after the dramatic end to the massive manhunt involving hundreds of federal agents and local police. Police zeroed in on the suspect - believed responsible for five explosions - over the past 24 to 36 hours as evidence came in from video footage and witness accounts, Manley said. "The suspect is deceased," the police chief said. "It has been a long almost three weeks for the community of Austin."
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