The serial bomber who terrorised the US state of Texas for weeks left a 25-minute video confession on his mobile phone, which the police said portrayed a "very challenged" young man talking about problems in his personal life that led him to launch the attacks.
The video made by 23-year-old Mark Anthony Conditt, whose string of package bombs killed two people and wounded five in Texas, was found on his cell phone when police recovered his body yesterday, interim police chief Brian Manley said.
Conditt did not make any terror- or hate-related references in the confession for the bombings that started on March 2, Manley said.
Conditt died after setting off an explosion in his car as officers closed in on him, he made the 25-minute video, found on his phone, in which he describes the differences between the explosive devices in detail, Manley said.
Manley said there appeared to be no specific reasons why Conditt targeted the people who were killed or injured in the attacks that terrorised the Austin capital for 19 days.
"He does not at all mention anything about terrorism nor does he mention anything about hate," Manley said, "but instead, it is the outcry of a very challenged young man, talking about challenges in his personal life that led him to this point."