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Explosions at the Boston Marathon

Posted by samzenpus on Monday April 15, 2013 @07:22AM from the in-the-news dept.

Reports are coming in that the headquarters at the Boston Marathon have been locked down after two explosions were reported near the finish line. According to reports "dozens of people have been seriously injured." CNN has live coverage. Google has a Person Finder up for Boston.
Update: The Boston Police Dept. says 2 people have died and 23 are injured. News conference scheduled for 4:30 ET.

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Re:the world is so full of jerks... by tbird81 · 2013-04-15 08:09 · Score: 0, Flamebait

You're a fucking cunt. These were innocent people, running in a race.
Tax day bombing by spiffmastercow · 2013-04-15 08:56 · Score: 0, Flamebait

$10 says this was militant tea baggers. They all post so much crazy shit about killing people on facebook and eventually one of them snaps and acts on it.