Austin Police Bomb Squad called in after mysterious pressure cooker found downtown

Bomb Squad called in after Austin police found pressure cooker downtown

Bomb experts found that the pressure cooker did not contain explosives and poses no threat.

AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Police Bomb Squad was called in after officers found a pressure cooker along a Downtown street Saturday evening. 

Police have now given the all-clear.

Austin Police tell FOX 7 that officers were setting up barricades for Sunday’s Austin Marathon around 6PM Saturday, when they discovered the pressure cooker under a tree along Brazos Street, between 10th and 11th Streets.

Two blocks of Brazos Street were closed off for about an hour and a half, as the bomb squad was called in to check it out. Bomb experts x-rayed the cooker, and found that it did not contain any explosives and didn't pose a security threat.

No one was hurt, and it's still unclear who left it there. The incident remains under investigation.

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