Several explosions erupted
near the finish line of the Boston Marathon today, in downtown Boston,
Massachusetts. Police are reporting 2 deaths and at least 23 hurt, as
authorities begin their investigation.
At least two people are dead
and dozens injured – including up to 10 with amputated limbs – after two bombs
tore through the finish line of the Boston Marathon, according to the Boston
Police Department.
Authorities were guarding a
person of interest at a local hospital, sources told FoxNews.com. The person, who
sources said was 20 years old, had severe burns, but authorities had not
determined whether the person was a victim or a perpetrator. The FBI, which was
treating the bombing as a terrorist investigation, was analyzing video from
several area surveillance cameras.
The simultaneous explosions
just before 3 p.m. and reports of two other unexploded devices found near the
scene raised suspicions of a terrorist attack. Intelligence officials told The
Associated Press two unexploded devices were being dismantled. Competitors and
race organizers were crying as they fled the bloody chaos, while some witnesses
reported seeing victims with lost limbs.
The first two explosions
occurred at 2:50 p.m. – nearly five hours after the marathon began – about 50
to 100 yards apart, according to Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis. A
third explosion occurred near the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and
Museum in the Columbia Point section of Dorchester, several miles southeast of
the marathon's finish line, at around 4:15 p.m. Police could not say if it was
related to the earlier explosions.
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