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2 explosions at the finish line at the Boston Marathon.

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landofsoapandglory · 15/04/2013 20:22

BBC have it as news at the moment.

Sky also have it.

One person dead according to Sky on the TV.

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AuntieStella · 19/04/2013 10:56

I suppose they'll realise very quickly that there is no traffic.

Good on the police officer giving the press conference: he's basically just told the mass media to stuff off - he knows they have lots of questions, but right now all officials are dealing with protecting the neighbourhoods affected and he told them they'll just have to wait.

Scruffalo · 19/04/2013 11:35

3 men in a cab arrested, but not confirmed if one is the suspect

ProbablyJustGas · 19/04/2013 11:42

The time difference is about 5 hours behind; local news seems to have started broadcasting in the wee hours of the morning. A fair number of my friends in the area seem to have been awake at the time to hear the news - they were making FB posts about an hour or two ago. One was working nightshift in the area, another was woken up by her phone's news app, and the rest all seem to have had trouble sleeping this week.

ProbablyJustGas · 19/04/2013 11:43

The Boston Globe is also updating. www.boston.com

AuntieStella · 19/04/2013 11:53

Unconfirmed reports of a Chechen link.

No confirmed news on any possible developments from official sources (unsurprising) but there is a specific area that can be seen to be cordoned off, so some focussed activity.

AuntieStella · 19/04/2013 12:55

The names of the suspects have now been officially confirmed. They are brothers, and the names are ethnically Chechen.

AuntieStella · 19/04/2013 13:04

"Shelter in place" has been extended across Boston.

niceguy2 · 19/04/2013 13:14

if it was a pressure cooker and scrap metal

The tragic thing is that the US would find it easier to ban all pressure cookers than guns.

The events are shocking but I can't help but admire the speed at which the US law enforcement have moved at and the sheer manpower & hardware available. I doubt the UK could respond at the same pace.

Moominsarehippos · 19/04/2013 13:36

Um, could someone update me please? I'm on the blackberry and it won't load the news sites! One dead, one on the run?

AnyaKnowIt · 19/04/2013 13:38

yep one dead, one on the run

ProbablyJustGas · 19/04/2013 13:47

About six communities around Boston are shut down. Police are searching house to house for the younger suspect. Everyone has been advised to stay inside with their doors locked and businesses have been advised to remain closed.

ProbablyJustGas · 19/04/2013 13:48

Are we allowed to post links to Twitter feeds? twitter.com/BostonGlobe

AuntieStella · 19/04/2013 13:51

The news conference at 1300 UK time said the precautions have been extended across Boston now. The situation was described as "fluid"

There are clear signs of continuing police/military activity (iespecially n one specific area), but most reporting is speculation as the press simply aren't allowed in and nothing's being briefed officially.

AnyaKnowIt · 19/04/2013 13:54

must be terrifying for the people who live there Sad

ophelia275 · 19/04/2013 14:16

Lets hope they get this maniac soon before he kills anyone else.

YoniMaroney · 19/04/2013 14:31

Details on the suspect here:
www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/who-is-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-boston/64382/

www.heavy.com/news/2013/04/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-boston-bombing-suspect-no/

His brother's youtube here:

www.youtube.com/user/muazseyfullah

Lots of 'likes' on radical preachers.

Moominsarehippos · 19/04/2013 14:57

Still on the blackberry so out of the newsloop... Were they religious nuts then? I was hoping for a general crazy person (if 'hope' is the right word).

YoniMaroney · 19/04/2013 15:07

There is a Chechen separatist movement, but I don't think the US would be a logical target for a Chechen separatist attack - I think the US has given asylum to Chechen separatist leaders in the past, so it seems that this is probably motivated by Islamism.

Moominsarehippos · 19/04/2013 15:12

That is just so sad. What a bloody awful thing.

somebloke123 · 19/04/2013 16:38

The suspects' uncle Ruslan Tsarni is speaking in Maryland. "We're Muslims, we're ethnic Chechens... somebody radicalised them." He says he has not seen the two in several years

LulaPalooza · 19/04/2013 16:46

Have you seen the pictures of him? He looks so young and... ordinary. Like any other teenage boy.

LulaPalooza · 19/04/2013 16:48

somebloke - the Chechen President said something similar, but in much stronger terms link here

Talkinpeace · 19/04/2013 18:22

I had a yummy breakfast of a stack of pancakes with maple syrup and bacon and OJ with my kids in Watertown a few years back.

shudder

scaevola · 20/04/2013 00:45

There's a spate of activity, and (unconfirmed) reports that the second suspect has been either pinned down or killed.

Scruffalo · 20/04/2013 01:45

suspect is in custody