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Behind the attacks. and of course the question that looms, is this the work of a serial bomber? cnns ed lavandara is live in austin with the breaking details. ed >> reporter: good morning, erica. authorities are waiting for the sun to come can up so they can begin processing the scene of this latest explosion. it happened last night. two men in their 20s were injured. they are being treated in a local hospital. not life atlantaing injuries. they are expected to be okay. this latest explosion a l...

>> reporter: authorities here also went on to say the two victims from sunday nights explosion, two college age men, they believe were riding bikes or pushing bikes past the package left on the side of the residential street. that is why they believe a possible trip wire was used in the explosion. those two victims taken to a local hospital where they are treated. the injuries appear not to be life threatening as this point. it is interesting that just a few hours before this latest explosion, t...

Which is connected to earlier explosions that killed two people. it was reported near the dawn song drive near the republic of texas boulevard. >> austin police are asking residents to stay home until 10:00 a.m. local time. the chief says the way the device was detonated is serious cause for concern. >> it is possible this device was a device that was activated by someone handling or kicking or coming in contact with a trip wire that activated the device. that changes things. we need the communi...

Clues and because of this possibility of this trip wire, theyre urging people to stay indoors until theyve had a chance to go through as much of this neighborhood as possible. that has elevated much of the concern here and the mayor of austin and police chiefs warning people to extra vigilant. hours before this latest explosion, the police chief speaking to the culprit or culprits through a press conference saying authorities believe there is some sort of message these kull brits are trying to s...

To reach the culprit or culprits to reach out to the police so they can talk to them about it. >> lets discuss with cnn law enforcement analyst and retired supervisory special agent james gagliano. good to have you. how is it not related? they keep having these bombs. this may have been detonated a different way by trip wire. but isnt it more likely than not they are related? >> sure. they have to be hyper focused. one is bomb makers signature. four components, power supply, initiator, the types...

Information for them, trying to open up a line of communication with these authorities -- with these people, trying to determine if they could strike up a conversation with them to kind of understand their motive. obviously that did not happen. and just a few hours later, this fourth explosion was triggered here in the southwest part of austin. you can see over here on my shoulder, you have the fbi agent and the atf agent and the police chief here in austin starting to make their way here toward...

That last nights bomb as you said was more advanced than the previous three. complete with this trip wire and the device was hidden along a fence in this normally quiet neighborhood meaning it was put there to randomly detonate on whoever reached it first. >> i will reach out to the suspect or suspects and ask that you contact us. ask that you communicate with us so we can put this to an end. there are innocent people getting hurt in this community and it needs to come to a stop. the last thing ...

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Community safe and that is something being kept confidential by us and federal partners to protect the integrity of the investigation. >> is it difficult to set these without suicide bombing? [inaudible] a little more broad, what does that tell you about the person behind this? >> well, again, as we said from the very beginning, we were not willing to classify this as terrorism, as hate because we just dont know enough. and what we have seen now is a significant change from what appeared to be t...

Killed two people. four others have been injured. all black or hispanic leading them to consider the possibility that these attacks are racially motivated. stern warning to police anyone near the site of last nights bombing, stay inside until the sun comes up and police have had a chance to secure the neighborhood and get a closer look at this latest attack which did have a much different style. >> it is very possible that this twice was a device that was activated by someone either handling, ki...