BREAKING: Explosions at Boston Marathon leave 2 dead, 20 plus wounded (VIDEO)
Two people are dead and more than 20 wounded after an explosion near the finish line at the Boston Marathon today.
According to the Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis, who appeared at a press conference around 5 p.m eastern, there were a total of three bombs. Two bombs located 50 to 100 yards apart from each other by the finish line on Boylston Street detonated simultaneously at 2:50 p.m. A third went off later at the JFK Library, which is located about 4 miles away from the finish line, but no one was injured in that explosion.
As of right now the Boston police are scrambling to piece together what happened. Davis said they aren’t sure if the third explosion is a related incident, but they’re treating it as if it is.
Unconfirmed reports say the bombs were detonated remotely via mobile phone or some kind of electronic device, similar to what insurgents use to detonate IEDs in Iraq.
Davis said Boston police are working with the ATF, the National Guard, FBI and other agencies to investigate this incident.
Right now the area surrounding the finish line and library are considered crime scenes, Davis said. Bomb units are combing through all the bags and parcels on the ground and treating each one as a suspicious device.
Davis also said that there was no “warning” or any head’s up that this attack was going to take place.
The Boston Marathon brings in about 27,000 runners who come from all over the U.S. and the world, and more than 500,000 spectators stand on the sidelines to watch the race.
Boston police are asking people not to congregate in big crowds in the city, and they also asked that if you’re visiting the city that you either stay in your hotel or go home.
The next update by the Boston police will be at 7 p.m. central, and authorities should have more information by then.
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2013-04-15 15:04:55
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