That was FAST.

Yes, my biggest question is what happened with the pre-event security? Isn't is standard procedure to have bomb sniffing dogs etc run a sweep prior to?

They apprehended a Saudi national:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/a ... PDGIjYBalO

One of the dead is an 8 year old, i heard.

Rich, Looks like they may have moved in with back packs after everything was on..Small bomb low to the ground...It's so spread out it would be almost impossible to stop.

As someone who is more than 1000 miles away from the events, which reports are more accurate, the ones from ABC News saying 2 dead and 86 injured or the NYPost article stating 12 dead and 50 injured?

People are reporting what they know at the moment. The one with the most recent timestamp probably has better information.

Last report I saw said 2 dead and 141 injured. Hopefully those numbers will not grow much from this point.

One of the dead is an 8 year old, i heard.

Rich, Looks like they may have moved in with back packs after everything was on..Small bomb low to the ground...It's so spread out it would be almost impossible to stop.

This is the type journalism that I hate.

I was watching CNN and they had the Boston Police on refuting the report about having a suspect already... that was yesterday at about 6:00pm EST

It's hard to tell who has actual information and who's just throwing crap against the wall and hoping it sticks.

As of Tuesday morning, no persons or group had claimed credit for twin explosions at the finish line near Boston’s Copley Square. The Pakistani Taliban, a group that has threatened the United States in the past, denied participation, according to the Associated Press.
Law enforcement officials questioned an injured Saudi national at a local hospital, but news stories indicated that the individual appears to have no connection to the case. The Boston Globe reported that he was simply a frightened spectator who had tried to flee but was tackled and restrained by bystanders.

via Yahoo



Looks like the apartment with the bags did not belong to the same Saudi guy they were guarding at the hospital.

Law enforcement officers investigating the Boston marathon bombings searched the suburban apartment of a man being questioned in connection with the attack late Monday into early Tuesday. WBZ-TV reports.


Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the marathon finish line, killing at least three people and injuring more than 140 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that terrorists might have struck again in the U.S.


CBS News senior correspondent John Miller reports the man is a Saudi national currently under guard at an area hospital. He was seen running from the explosion, and a civilian chased him down and tackled him. He was turned over to Boston police and was being interviewed by the FBI. He was being cooperative and denying any involvement and it was too soon to call him a suspect.

The boy who died after waiting for his dad to finish the Boston Marathon Monday when two bombs exploded seconds apart was a typical 8-year-old who loved to ride his bike and play baseball, according to a neighbor.

Martin Richard died from the explosion that injured his mother and sister as they all waited for his father to finish the race, according to ABC News' Boston affiliate WCVB-TV.
A single candle was placed in front of his home overnight in Dorchester, Mass.
"There are no words to describe how they are feeling ... we are feeling," neighbor Jane Sherman told WCVB, adding that the family is close-knit.

Saying an arrest has been made

This is all just hitting too close to home. Apparently one of the 2 guys goes to UMass Dartmouth....I played soccer there in high school everyday and half the kids I know go to school there. Crazy.

This is definitely hitting close to home. My daughter received and acceptance letter from Umass Dartmouth yesterday and I work in Waltham which is adjacent to Watertown and currently on lockdown. Unbelievable stuff going on. I hope they catch up to the last bomber soon.