Explosions at Boston Marathon

[limecat]

Apparently there have been two explosions near the finish line of the Boston marathon, with multiple casualties. Not much concrete information at the moment!

[Peg Leg]

That is awful news. Seemingly it was 3 hrs after the finish.

[tate]

jesus - "marathon monday" is a massive event in beantown. have lots of friends living in boston . . . worried

[fourthirtythree]

I'm reading another device was found
https://twitter.com/katz/status/323878815245946880

Shitty news,

[tate]

2-4 reported dead and several people missing limbs . . . and another device found. though it's total chaos down there so hopefully just hyperbole

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22160978

[fourthirtythree]

The multiple devices is not hyperbole. They are doing a controlled explosion on one of them right now
https://twitter.com/BostonDotCom
And I've seen some pictures on twitter also. Though not of dead people.

[tate]

was referring to the dead and injured . . . regardless it's pretty horrific looking

[fourthirtythree]

was referring to the dead and injured . . . regardless it's pretty horrific looking

Yeah, no confirmed death yet, but pretty sure some nasty injuries. Hope no deaths end up being confirmed.

Edit
Fox news are the first news source "confirming" three deaths
http://fox17online.com/2013/04/15/break ... z2QYvlDPUU

Boston PD say 2 dead 22 injured.
https://twitter.com/CherylFiandaca
updated to 23 injured

[tate]

2 dead and 22 injured confirmed by BPD

[fourthirtythree]

New York Post claiming 12 dead
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/t ... 0RQfVsH1yI
Not sure how much to trust the Post though. It's a pretty poor newspaper (most famous for sex and the city, not the TV show, the barely literate original).

[TheBear]

This tweet might be useful for anyone who knows any runners in the marathon, if you want to share.

https://twitter.com/alexleavitt/status/ ... 8135232512

[StrangeButBlue]

It's the last place you would have expected an attack, hard to see the political angle of the boston marathon. only recent news item remotely politicising marathons is the Gaza one getting blocked over women runners but that is an umlikley link.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... pportunity

[tate]

soft target i guess. as bbc were just discussing a marathon takes in large parts of cities and it's virtually impossible to police all of it.

[tate]

rumoured* blast at JFK library . . . what the f%~k

edit: blast may not have been a bomb. Commissioner of Police giving a presser live on bbc now http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22160978

confirmed third blast. im speechless atm

[Broken Wing]

New York Post lies removed.

[Vamos los azules]

Having been a volunteer at the finish line of a marathon I'm in complete shock that anyone could pick that as a spot to make whatever political statement they are trying to make.

[Armchair]

Having been a volunteer at the finish line of a marathon I'm in complete shock that anyone could pick that as a spot to make whatever political statement they are trying to make.

You should never try and understand these morons and their logic!

[StrangeButBlue]

Having been a volunteer at the finish line of a marathon I'm in complete shock that anyone could pick that as a spot to make whatever political statement they are trying to make.

Completely agree , hard to imagine how it can be connected with a cause in any way. The finish line of a marathon, especially 4:30 (guess) after the start is a place of apolitical personal achievement -

[tate]

According to the New York Post, a Saudi national who is suspected of being behind Monday's attacks at the Boston Marathon, is at a Boston hospital. He is said to have either suffered shrapnel wounds from the explosition, or to have suffered injuries while being apprehended.

the new york post is down there with the daily mail in the darkest circle of media hell

[Broken Wing]

the new york post is down there with the daily mail in the darkest circle of media hell

I didn't know that.

I've not seen a suspect mentioned on Sky or BBC.

The JFK library incident has been downgraded to an unrelated fire.