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UPDATE.....a third explosion JFK Library.

Many people have reportedly been injured after two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

http://news.sky.com/story/1078597/explosions-at-boston-marathon-many-injured

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Im just watching this....its so shocking, anti-terrorists plans have been put up in Boston and New York......

Those poor poor people, looks like the crowd took the full blast .....

It's the London Marathon soon.

Bet they've made Mrs Thatcher's funeral plans change now.


EDIT.................London Marathon is this Sunday.

The scenes in Boston are horrific.

..does make you wonder at the security needed for Mrs Thatcher's funeral

Suppose they could just dig a hole somewhere............cheaper. :-)

Boston is my favourite city.
I love it there.
My daughters are so upset as they are Boston Sports fans and have many friends in the area . Some live there and others are there for the Patriots Day Marathon.
They were watching the Red Sox game tonight and then this happened.
They are madly tweeting and texting all their friends in New England
Who could do this? The scenes are awful

Boston Police have confirmed 2 dead, 28 injured. Aerial shots show huge quantities of blood near the hotel. And ballbearings on the road. Just over 4 hours into race, so elite runners would have finished 2 hours earlier

Shocking scenes - and security was pretty tight :-0

Dreadful.... hope its just a gas explosion as it happened 3 hours after the winners crossed the line,

According to TV News there are reports of another explosion at the JFK Library in Boston.

Just said on the news that the JFK incident is a fire but they don't know if it is linked.

It's even more dreadful when I am so familiar with those streets on TV right now.

Security is all round the White House as well.

Bloody cowards!! Deliberately placing a bomb to harm innocents.

I hope they rot in hell

world cam:

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

One of 3 confirmed dead is a boy of 8 who had just kissed his dad after dad had crossed finishing line. His mother and sister both had amputations, I believe.

It is so easy to put a nail and ballbearing bomb in a litter bin, but so cowardly and for what purpose. Are the Americans going to stop hunting terrorists as a result? Hardly, the people of Boston sound so strong and resilient in the aftermath of this tragedy

Boston Song
This song is so, so ,so cheesy but it's been in my ipod for ages
It Feels So Good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds-woOtfcgs

Have been watching the BBC news, seems they have identified the bombers, frightening events following police chasing a vehicle they were in, one killed other escaped on foot and they are trying to track him down.

OFG. Thanks for that. Saw the footage this morning and images of two suspects were remarkably clear.

Had not realised police were on their tail already and one was dead.

Hope they catch other alive as it will be easier to find out their background, their friends, and their motives.

Seems the police chased the car they were in and the occupants of the car threw explosives at the police chasing them, one resident in the area was sitting at his computer when a bullet came through the wall of his house, police are telling people to stay in their houses and if anyone they do not know approaches their house to call the police, also telling motorists in the area not to stop to give anyone a lift.

Brothers aged 19 and 26yrs from Chechnya.
One dead, the other still on the loose.
Thought to have been living in MA for less than two years.