A social media user claimed Tuesday to be behind the Austin bombing attacks in recent weeks, saying they will only end once he becomes "as prolific as the Zodiac Killer."
"My intention is not to kill people. I am doing this simply because I want to watch the world burn," the Reddit user with the name "austinbomber" said, the New York Daily News reported.
The user then compared himself to the Zodiac Killer, who was never caught or identified after murdering at least five people in California in the 1960s and 1970s.
The person then denied the attacks were racially motivated, the Daily News reports.
"It's not race-related like the media has speculated," one Reddit message read. "I also enjoy laughing at the massive police presence that just simply cannot find or deanonymize me."
The poster said gave an age of "30-50 years old," and insisted on not having "any terminal illness or anything like that."
Reddit quickly suspended the account and removed the messages, according to the report.
A spokesman for the Austin Police Department told the Daily News authorities were aware of the posts.
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