Boston Marathon terrorist attack

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the person/people may have planned for it to be much worse, but those bombs were no where good enough to accomplish much more than what they did.
 
You assume the object was to kill mass people.

That may be true, but most likely not. This was a 'statement' of some sort. Not a 'I killed X people' event.

I think at least....
 
nobody plants a bomb in hopes of not killing as many people as possible.
if it was a statement, then instead of yelling off the rooftop with a megaphone and live internet feed while throwing flyers, these guys stood in a busy hallway and used their inside voices.

world trade center was a statement, this was just a throat clearing.
 
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Looks like it's north african.

The way it was executed reminds me of marketplace bombings in Iraq.
 
It'd just be one more reason to stop sending them money. I love how we can't keep a payroll tax cut, but still send ridiculous money to the sandbox.
 
Anyone that can analyze a bomb and determine it's origins can make and more importantly teach someone else to make various types. Just ask the FBI..
 
Listening to the scanner tonight because of the shooting at MIT but now I am listening to Boston PD deal with two suspects that have detonated some kind of explosive device either IED or grenade. Possible automatic gunfire. They have been advised to power off cell phones.

This may all be unrelated but it does sound like they have one in custody and one at gun point.
 
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listening to the scanner too .... insane shit going down in Beantown tonight
 
they got one guy and are still looking for the second
dont know if these guys are related to the bombing or not
 
Summary for morning crew:

- Thursday night robbery at 7-11 by two armed perps.
- Shooting of MIT officer in vehicle a short while later, officer was killed.
- Carjacking of Mercedes SUV following the officer shooting, carjacking victim released unharmed.
- Rolling gunfight between BPD and perps in Mercedes who were shooting and throwing grenades (types currently unknown, but scanner traffic indicated automatic gunfire). One transit officer was hit and is in critical condition.
- Vehicle halted and a gun battle ensued. One perp was hit and transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead. Hospital call for "code black" may have been related to explosives on perp's body, but was later cleared.
- A passerby was taken into custody by police and stripped to search for IEDs. He's been questioned and is still being detained has been released.
- Second perp eluded capture and is at large somewhere in a 20-block cordon in Watertown.
- It has been confirmed that both perps are the suspects from the Marathon bombing. Dead perp is Suspect 1 from FBI photos. Perp at large is Suspect 2. Scanner did name him as the missing student from Brown, but this has not been confirmed or repeated.
- Multiple SWAT are sweeping neighborhood, going house to house and are apparently waiting for daylight to make entry into the suspected hiding place.
- According to WHDH 7News, EOD teams are dealing with multiple UXOs throughout the area.
- Beth Israel ED director confirmed in press conference that Suspect 1 suffered blast and thermal injuries
- MIT classes canceled for the day. MBTA services suspended until further notice.
- Harvard classes also canceled. Emerson, too.



incident map - https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=200082141349599835237.0004daaf434ba5147dce8&msa=0&iwloc=A

police radio feed - Boston Police, Fire and EMS Scanner - Boston, MA - Listen Online

local news feed - 7News Live Streaming Video
 
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AP: Surviving Suspect Is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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The first hard reports about the identities of the Boston Marathon bombing are coming out.

Here's what we know.

-- NBC reports that the two suspects are brothers.

-- They are reportedly of Chechen background, and is possibly from Turkey.

-- They have been reportedly here legally.

-- They are NOT, as previously speculated by some, connected to a missing Brown University student.

-- The age of the two brothers is 19 and 20, according to NBC's Pete Williams.

Read more: Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev - Business Insider
 
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