Explosions in Boston Marathon

[Zachary]

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013-boston-marathon-finish-line/

Two explosions went off recently at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Story still developing.

[BasedBubbus]

@RICKSAUTOSALES What is happening to our world! #bostonmarathon

why did i laugh so hard

[Sequenced]

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3 dead we're hearing

[BasedBubbus]

At 4/15/13 03:34 PM, Sequenced wrote: http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18kqcw4xlvc00jpg/ku-xlarge.j pg

3 dead we're hearing

is that a guy with a limb blown off the shirtless guy is tending to?

[Zachary]

At 4/15/13 03:36 PM, SwankyVagrant wrote:

At 4/15/13 03:34 PM, Sequenced wrote: http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18kqcw4xlvc00jpg/ku-xlarge.j pg

3 dead we're hearing

is that a guy with a limb blown off the shirtless guy is tending to?

Yeah, there are reports of a guy who had his legs blown off. Fuck.

[SineRider]

Oh god damn, I just found out. Really glad I had the day off today or I would have been pretty close by

[BasedBubbus]

so this camera up now caught the explosions?

[Dragen]

*NEWS UPDATE*
The situation remains the same.

[BasedBubbus]

dude on the roof is just security right?

[372]

What's being gained by this? Why? At this point I gotta wonder. Why murder random strangers? I mean since when has chaos and violence become motivation?
Are they trying to use terror to attempt to start campaigns to revoke the peoples civil liberties? I just got this weird ass feeling man.
What the fuck is going on

[tyler2513]

Oh my goodness....dear God I'm struggling to find out what's happening right now. Just turned on CNN.

[orangebomb]

As of now, 2 are dead and 22 are injured in the blast, and we still have no idea what caused the explosions, but it seems like DC and New York are already taking precautions right now.

[Viper]

So apparently there are officially 22 injured as well as 2 dead.

[TracyJacksonTAW]

good gosh, hopefully no one gets too hurt there...i wonder what the heck actually happened ?

[Viper]

At 4/15/13 04:07 PM, Viper50 wrote: So apparently there are officially 22 injured as well as 2 dead.

Make that 23 injured.

[kanef]

it's funny because it's similiar to the bomb scare from 2007

except it's real this time

[Cosmic]

I feel bad for those dead or injured, but I would like to point out that the news would be in an utter shit-storm if it was caused by guns and not bombs.

[T3XT]

Here come the conspiracies.

[GACBassPlayer]

Boston Police confirm the explosions were from detonated bombs.

[somespammer224]

Damn, does it say anything about what kind of bomb it was, or who did it? Shit...

[LordJaric]

At 4/15/13 04:29 PM, T3XT wrote: Here come the conspiracies.

Let the blame game begin

I hope those who the explosion pull through from their injuries.

[orangebomb]

Now there are more reports that there is another bomb that was found nearby, but was disabled before it exploded. Now the injury toll is now at 28 hurt and 2 dead as of now, things are definitely getting serious now.

[Feoric]

At 4/15/13 04:31 PM, somespammer224 wrote: Damn, does it say anything about what kind of bomb it was, or who did it? Shit...

HME, home made explosive. Apparently the two bombs (or at least one of them) was full of ball bearings, which means it was a shrapnel bomb.

As far as 'who did it' goes, anything as of right now is just speculation. If this was a planned terrorist attack orchestrated by an extremist group, which it looks like it was, then they wouldn't just blow shit up for the sake of blowing shit up. They'd likely release a manifesto and send it out to all the news organizations/the police etc. I don't think this was done by one person.

[Alexander]

Aw, man. This is terrible.

Well, here's how I look at it:

If the bombs were set by someone hoping to push a cause: They will claim responsibility and extend their cause through this claim.

If the bombs were set by someone hoping to kill many people: There is a good chance that he/she will not set claim to these crimes. Which is going to make things a helluv-a-lot harder for the Boston PD.

Anyone have any crazy conspiracies? North Korea? Cuba? Government plot? Lets here it.

[BasedBubbus]

i feel like this was done by someone american, living in boston themselves

idk why

[VicariousE]

At 4/15/13 04:04 PM, 372 wrote: What's being gained by this? Why? At this point I gotta wonder. Why murder random strangers? I mean since when has chaos and violence become motivation?

A good question. I'd have to think foreigners (or government spooks) would be the only ones who would want to hurt civilians.

Are they trying to use terror to attempt to start campaigns to revoke the peoples civil liberties? I just got this weird ass feeling man.

Same here dude. I'd gladly take the chance on getting fragged in some mindless attack, than to lose any more freedoms.

What the fuck is going on

It's tax day ._.

[GACBassPlayer]

At 4/15/13 04:51 PM, Alexander wrote: Aw, man. This is terrible.

Well, here's how I look at it:

If the bombs were set by someone hoping to push a cause: They will claim responsibility and extend their cause through this claim.

If the bombs were set by someone hoping to kill many people: There is a good chance that he/she will not set claim to these crimes. Which is going to make things a helluv-a-lot harder for the Boston PD.

Anyone have any crazy conspiracies? North Korea? Cuba? Government plot? Lets here it.

I suspect just a run-of-the-mill whackjob(s). I think an extremist terrorist plot or an act of agression from a hostile government would have been more significant and we'd be dealing with many more casualties.

[GoryBlizzard]

It looks absolutely chaotic over there and I'm still following the story. Looks like a very well-planned terrorist attack (whether they're from the Middle East, another part of the world or here doesn't matter--terrorism is terrorism), but all of the information will be out after the investigation runs its course. I can't think of any good reason to do stuff like this, and although I personally haven't seen the stepped up police patrols where I live, I bet they're covering most of Manhattan right now.

[Viper]

Apparently a 3rd explosion went off at the JFK Library, but they aren't sure if its connected to the ones at the marathon or not.
But no injures are being reported from that explosion.

Also the injury toll is now at 64.

[Feoric]

This was not the work of a foreign government. They wouldn't be putting amateur bombs in a trashcan.