TEHRAN, March 14 - Two victims of a parcel bomb that exploded on Monday at a house in Austin, Texas, were identified as 17-year-old Draylen Mason and his mother, the city’s police chief said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN,Young Journalists Club (YJC) -Two victims of a parcel bomb that exploded on Monday at a house in Austin, Texas, were identified as 17-year-old Draylen Mason and his mother, the city’s police chief said on Tuesday.
Mason, who was African-American, was killed and his mother was injured in a blast at their east Austin home that police believe was one of a string of related attacks in the state capital that may be hate crimes.
“He was an outstanding young man who was going places,” Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said of Mason. The teen’s mother, who is in her 40s but whom he did not identify, was in stable condition, he said.
Mason was a talented musician with the Austin Youth Orchestra where he played double bass, according to the Austin American-Statesman newspaper.
A 75-year-old Hispanic woman seriously hurt in a second package explosion in east Austin on Monday remained in critical condition with life-threatening injuries, Manley told reporters.
The attacks sparked heightened security at Austin’s South by Southwest Festival of music, technology and film, which draws hundreds of thousands of out-of-town visitors.
Source: Reuters
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