Video confession of 23-year-old serial bomber found
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read more18 the 23-year-old mark conditt serial bomber whose deadly attacks terrorized austin texas for weeks left a 25-minute video confession on a cell phone1 conditt an unemployed man from the suburb of pflugerville detailed how he made all seven bombs that have been accounted for five that exploded1 one of the bombs was recovered before it went off and a seventh he detonated as officers rushed his vehicle early on wednesday1 but the video failed to reveal a coherent motive for the attacks spread over the past three weeks police said1 he does not at all mention anything about terrorism nor does he mention anything about hate but instead it is the outcry of a very challenged young man talking about challenges in his personal life austin police chief brian manley told reporters1 i would classify this as a confession manley said1 the phone was found after he blew himself up on wednesday as officers closed in to make an arrest police said1 based on their search of the suspects home and his video statement authorities said they felt confident that there were no other bombs and that the public was safe from further harm1 fbi special agent christopher combs said investigators believe the suspect would have continued his attacks had he not been apprehended1 police recovered a target list of addresses for future bombings the los angeles times reported citing u.s. representative michael mccaul of texas the republican chairman of the house homeland security committee. even so the video gave no explanation for the individuals and addresses singled out as recipients of the bombs that were planted or shipped manley said.1 police previously said they had considered the possibility that the attacks were racially motivated noting that the first several victims including the two who died were either african-american or hispanic1 conditt likely recorded the video between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. on tuesday1 according to manley conditt said he believed police were getting very close to him and he was right. authorities filed a criminal complaint and issued an arrest warrant around that time1 conditt who had never before been in trouble with the law killed two people and wounded five with a campaign of violence that began on march 2 authorities said1