Authorities in Austin recovered explosives in the home of Mark Conditt, the suspect linked to a series of bombings that plagued the Texas area in recent weeks, causing two deaths and several injuries, the New York Post noted.
Neighbors were evacuated while members of the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives removed and disposed of the explosive devices found in Conditt's Pfulgerville home on Wednesday afternoon.
Two of Conditt's roommates, whose identities have been withheld, have been detained for questioning but weren't under arrest.
"One roommate was detained, questioned and released," Austin police said in a post to Twitter. "The other is currently being questioned."
A manhunt lasting almost three weeks came to an end on Wednesday when Conditt reportedly blew himself up after detonating an explosive device inside his vehicle as a SWAT team closed in on him on the side of a highway.
Since then investigators have been working around the clock to piece parts of the puzzle together and while a motive is still unclear, and it is unknown whether the suspect was working alone, information is slowly filtering in.
It has emerged that the 24-year-old suspect left a lengthy confessional video recording on his phone in which he admitted to building the explosive devices, NBC News reported.
The phone was recovered at the scene where Conditt had died in the explosion.
According to officials, Conditt used nails and other items purchased from Home Depot, along with "exotic" batteries ordered from Asia, to construct the bombs, The New York Post said.
Austin Police Chief Brian Manley noted that no mention of terrorism or hate crimes were made in the clip.
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