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Austin police find confession from serial bomber Mark Anthony Conditt

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Authorities in Austin, Texas, announced that they found a recording left on a phone by serial bomber Mark Anthony Conditt.

“It is about a 25-minute recording where he talks about what he has done. I would classify this as a confession,” Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said.

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He went on to explain that Conditt made no connection to terrorism in the video.

“What I can tell you — he does not mention anything about terrorism,” Manley said. “He does not mention anything about hate.

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“Instead, it is the outcry of a very, challenged young man talking about challenges in his personal life that led him to this point.”

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Conditt also gave no indication as to why the packages were sent to his victims.

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“There was no reason given as to why he selected those individuals,” Manley said.

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The 23-year-old also described in detail the seven explosive devices that were detonated in Texas over the past few weeks including the bomb that was used to take his life as authorities closed in on him Tuesday morning.

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“On this recording, the suspect describes the six bombs that he constructed with a level of specificity that he described the differences among those six bombs,” Manley said.

Manley said Conditt made the confession because he knew “we were getting close to him.”

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The police chief said he wanted the people of Austin to remain vigilant but also noted that Conditt spoke of seven devices and all seven have been recovered.

Austin was hit with four bombings starting on March 2. The first explosions were from packages left on doorsteps. Then a bomb with a tripwire was placed near a public trail. A fifth parcel bomb detonated early Tuesday at a FedEx distribution centre near San Antonio.

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* With file from the Associated Press

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