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Author:  Paul1965 [ Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:43 pm ]
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From the BBC:

Quote:
Two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon race have left an unknown number of people injured. Video and photographs from Boston show a scene of confusion, with emergency services descending on the scene and bloodied spectators being taken to a medical tent.

"There are a lot of people down," said one runner quoted by AP news agency.


Updates from the BBC here. Some fairly grim photos emerging and the NYPD have stepped up security at New York landmarks as a precautionary measure.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:50 pm ]
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More like 7/7 than 9/11.
Bad news though. Hope the death toll isn't large.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:31 pm ]
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So far it sounds not - initial reports are 2 dead and 22 seriously injured. If it stays that low I'll be, well, not happy, maybe relieved.

Two guys over here convicted of planning to blow up the centre of Luton and now this... do some people think there's just not enough misery in the world already? Jesus wept.
Author:  Paul1965 [ Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:44 pm ]
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BBC 24 have footage of one of the explosions going off in the crowd (as you would expect with the media gathered at the finish line), and another live shot showing a second explosion a little way back along the route. It is quite surprising that the death toll is only two so far. I've read that the New York Post is reporting a higher death toll.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:52 pm ]
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Explosion footage CLICKY
Author:  Paul1965 [ Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:54 pm ]
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From the BBC:
Quote:
BREAKING NEWS Citing a US intelligence official, the Associated Press reports two more explosive devices have been found at the Boston Marathon and are being dismantled.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:55 pm ]
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Good. Hopefully the FBI might recognise the bombers 'signiature' when they analyise the bomb.
Author:  Fogmeister [ Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:04 pm ]
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I saw on twitter that apparently police a guarding a suspect in hospital. The link was to New York Times but I couldn't get to the site.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:33 pm ]
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I'm awaiting the NRA's response that if the runners were carrying rifles this would have been avoided.
Author:  Paul1965 [ Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:47 pm ]
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Fogmeister wrote:
I saw on twitter that apparently police a guarding a suspect in hospital. The link was to New York Times but I couldn't get to the site.


Earlier there was a story on the NYT saying that a suspect - apparently Saudi - was under armed guard in hospital and it was not known if he was injured by the explosions or during his apprehension. That story has now disappeared as far as I can see. According to the BBC /Sky News the bombs utilised ball bearings to cause maximum damage. Nice.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Apr 16, 2013 5:37 am ]
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ProfessorF wrote:
I'm awaiting the NRA's response that if the runners were carrying rifles this would have been avoided.

No they should have been carrying bombs, as the only way to stop bad people with bombs is good people with bombs. :roll:

My sympathies are with all the victims.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:31 am ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
No they should have been carrying bombs...

Why am I thinking of Lemmings 2?
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:59 am ]
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An 8 year old boy was also killed, and lots of other casualties. It is looking like a domestic terrorism to me. It is the anniversaries of Waco and Oklahoma this week so that is probably the real reason for this week being chosen.


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Author:  JJW009 [ Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:04 am ]
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l3v1ck wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
No they should have been carrying bombs...

Why am I thinking of Lemmings 2?

You'd need a blocker at either end while builders put a bridge over the area. You'd probably need a parachute, two builders and 3 blockers. The blockers would all be sacrificed :(

I can't find a gif, but I'll never forget the way those poor guys put their hands over their heads before they go boom :(
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:27 am ]
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ProfessorF wrote:
I'm awaiting the NRA's response that if the runners were carrying rifles this would have been avoided.


Saw a comment from some gun-mad Yank who seems to be a friend of a friend who basically posted something along the lies of “How long before liberals try to ban bombs?”. There are some truly crazy-mad people there.
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