Explosions at Boston Race, many killed and injured

[DrLeftover]

Two Explosions at Boston Marathon Finish Line

Posted: Apr 15, 2013 3:15 PM EDT Updated: Apr 15, 2013 3:22 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP)- Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers in the 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts.

Competitors and race organizers were crying as they fled the chaos. Bloody spectators were being carried to the medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners.

"There are a lot of people down," said one man, whose bib No. 17528 identified him as Frank Deruyter of North Carolina. He was not injured, but marathon workers were carrying one woman, who did not appear to be a runner, to the medical area as blood gushed from her leg. A Boston police officer was wheeled from the course with a leg injury that was bleeding.

http://www.wboc.com/story/21982525/two-explosions-at-boston-marathon-finish-line

 

[Evil Eye]

Oh dear.
I wonder who's going to be claiming this.

 

[DrLeftover]

Two explosions a block apart, within seconds of each other.

 

[Jazzy]

Just heard this on the radio. This is horrible! Many people from what I've heard have missing limbs and life threatening injuries.

 

[DrLeftover]

Reuters:

http://www.reuters.com/video/2013/04/15/reuters-tv-video-shows-moment-of-deadly-explosion-a?videoId=242254641&videoChannel=117849

 

[DrLeftover]

Authorities have a identified a suspect, a Saudi national, who is currently being guarded in a Boston hospital with shrapnel wounds.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/two_explosions_at_boston_marathon_iMR0LCkcwASg0RQfVsH1yI

 

[DrLeftover]

Mr Obama just spoke from the WH.

President Obama vowed on Monday night to get to the bottom of who is behind a pair of deadly explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, but warned Americans not jump to any conclusions.

"We still do not know who did this, or why," Obama said in a brief statement to reporters hours after the deadly explosions at the iconic American sporting event. "But make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/15/explosions-crowd-boston-marathon/2085539/

 

[DrLeftover]

Three now confirmed dead, over 150 injured

One of the dead was an eight-year-old boy, US media said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22162884

 

[DrLeftover]

An idea in the first edition, "Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom," is touched on again.

"The pressurized cooker should be placed in crowded areas and left to blow up. More than one of these could be planted to explode at the same time. However, keep in mind that the range of the shrapnel in this operation is short range so the pressurized cooker or pipe should be placed close to the intended targets and should not be concealed from them by barriers such as walls."

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/10/12/mideast.jihadi.magazine/index.html

 

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22228151


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-boston-bombings-20130420,0,380473.story

 

[Jazzy]

A resident of Franklin Street, Watertown, emerged from his home and noticed blood near a boat in his backyard,

Upon opening the tarpaulin covering the boat, he found a man covered in blood in the stern and called police.

Bomb-squad vans and ambulances surrounded the house, while helicopters buzzed overhead.

"The hostage rescue team did try to talk him out but from what I understand, he was not communicative," Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis told reporters.

Officers tossed flash-bang grenades into the boat to disorient the fugitive.

Police said they exchanged gunfire with the suspect for about an hour before moving in and seizing him. Images show the teenager climbing out of the boat and then lying on his back as he is searched by police.

Upon reading this, I don't believe he had a gun. If he did, wouldn't he have shot the man who opened the tarp? The police were so excited to find him, I think they overreacted and started shooting. Perhaps he was too hurt to communicate with the hostage team. Now, he's in critical condition. I can only hope that he doesn't die before he can answer WHY they dis this.