At least two killed in Boston Marathon blasts, multiple injuries, unexploded devices reported

April 15th, 2013

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At least two people are dead following a pair of explosions in Boston, Massachusetts where thousands of runners are participating in the annual Boston Marathon. Local media report at least 22 people have been injured as well.

Preliminary reports suggest two explosions occurred near the finish line of the 26.2-mile event shortly before 3 pm local time, and the Boston Globe is reporting two deaths and at least 22 injuries.

An intelligence official working on the scene told the Associated Press that two additional explosive devices were found near the site, and are being dismantled by a bomb squad.

As law enforcement look for further explosives, they have reportedly told people in the area to stay off of mobile phones in fears that the signal could detonate another undiscovered device.

The Boston Police Department has not to confirmed claims of other, higher numbers of deaths. Meanwhile a source at Boston’s Mass General hospital claimed that at least 10 patients have been admitted to the facility’s emergency room with missing limbs after the accident.

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The Boston Marathon’s headquarters have reportedly put on locked down while authorities investigate the incident. Both US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have been made aware of the tragedy.

“Obama has directed administration to provide whatever assistance is necessary in the investigation and response,” a White House official tells the Globe.

Eyewitnesses say smoke filled the streets of the city after a first explosion, and seconds later another loud boom was heard.

“I saw two explosions. The first one was beyond the finish line. I heard a loud bang and I saw smoke rising,” Boston Herald reporter Chris Cassidy says from the scene. “I kept running and I heard behind me a loud bang. It looked like it was in a trash can or something.”

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“There are people who have been hit with debris, people with bloody foreheads,” he says.

Witness Andrea Storer adds to the Globe, “It was huge. There had to be people killed. There had to be.”

“Blood everywhere,” another witness tells the paper.

The event has been put on hold and paramedics are quickly trying to assess the situation.

Earlier in the afternoon, 23-year-old Ethiopian runner Lelisa Desisa came in first-place by completing the run in 2 hours, 10 minutes and 22 seconds. At the time of the explosions, though, hundreds of runners were still racing for the finish line.

Organizers call the event the “world’s oldest annual marathon and one of the world’s most prestigious road races.”

A man is loaded into an ambulance after he was injured by one of two bombs exploded during the 117th Boston Marathon near Copley Square on April 15, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts (Jim Rogash / Getty Images / AFP)

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Explosions rock Boston Marathon, JFK Library, no-fly zone declared

• Two dead and many injured from twin blasts at finish line
• City placed on high alert as police carry out controlled tests
• Joe Biden: ‘Our prayers are with those people in Boston’

Two large explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon have killed at least two people and injured at least 23, sending a pall of smoke over the area and staining the sidewalks with blood.

The explosions occurred at about 2.50pm ET, just feet away from the finishing line along Boylston Street, where hundreds of runners were arriving as the world’s oldest annual marathon was in full flow. Photographs on Twitter showed the pavement along the final stretch of the race covered in injured people, with security guards and emergency workers in attendance.

Eyewitnesses reported on Twitter that they had seen victims who had lost limbs, with local reports suggesting the number of those wounded could be as large as 100. “There are a lot of people down,” said Frank Deruyter, who was wearing a Boston Marathon runner’s vest.

Ed Davis, the Boston police commissioner, said that a third incident had occurred shortly after 3pm at the John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum on the outskirts of the city. “We are not certain these incidents are related, but we are treating them as though they are,” he said.

The blasts erupted at the climax of what should have been a day of great celebration for Boston, and for marathon runners from around the world. The 26.2-mile race, which started in 1897 and is one of six World Marathon Majors, has almost 27,000 participants and attracts up to 500,000 spectators, making it a security challenge for the local authorities.

The event takes place on Patriots’ Day, a Massachusetts state holiday marking the evacuation of Boston by the British in the American war of independence. Monday is also “Tax Day” in the US, the deadline for individuals to file their tax returns.

After the explosions, the city went into high alert. All off-duty police officers were brought back on the job and told that a maximum alert would remain indefinitely. Tests and controlled explosions were carried out on scores of parcels and backpacks that had been left strewn along the parade line in the panic that followed the blasts.

A no-fly zone was imposed in the immediate zone of the incidents, and flights cancelled into local airports. Boston residents and visitors to the marathon were advised to return to the homes or stay in the hotel rooms, and to avoid congregating in public spaces. “People should be calm, but they should understand this is an ongoing event,” the police chief said.

There was no information from police on the cause of the blasts, which occurred without warning, but the marathon organisers said on their official Facebook page that they were the result of two bombs.

The vice-president, Joe Biden, added to speculation that the explosions were caused by a “bombing” when he said: “Apparently there has been a bombing. I don’t know any of the details about what caused it, [or] who did it. I don’t think [the details] exist yet.”

Biden added: “Our prayers are with those people in Boston who have suffered injury.”

Within hours of the blasts, speculation had begun about the source of the possible bombings. PJ Crowley, former department of state spokesman, pointed out that the Waco siege in Texas ended 20 years ago this week, and that the bombing of Oklahoma City occurred almost exactly two years later.

Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick said: “This is a horrific day in Boston. My thoughts and prayers are with those who have been injured. I have been in touch with the President, Mayor Menino and our public safety leaders.

“Our focus is on making sure that the area around Copley Square is safe and secured. I am asking everyone to stay away from Copley Square and let the first responders do their jobs.”

Wounded individuals were taken to the medical tent that had been set up to treat weary runners. One of the victims included a Boston police officer seen being wheeled away from the scene with a bleeding leg. Cherie Falgoust, who was waiting for her husband to finish the race, said: “I was expecting my husband any minute. I don’t know what this building is … it just blew. Just a big bomb, a loud boom, and then glass everywhere. Something hit my head. I don’t know what it was. I just ducked.”

Dennis Crowley, the founder of social media company Foursquare, was running in the race. He used Twitter to reassure family and friends that he was safe. His cousin witnessed the explosion and was “shaken but OK. FYI no one at mi 26 has any idea what’s happening,” he tweeted.

Crowley said cell phone service had been swamped by worried callers, mobile batteries were running out and runners were struggling to get through to their friends and relatives.

A spokesman for the White House said that President Obama had been told of the explosions. The administration is in contact with state and local authorities, with White House officials instructed to provide whatever assistance was necessary in the investigation and response.

The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were recruited to join the investigation, as well as state police. Injured people were taken to the medical tent that had been set up to treat weary runners. One of the victims included a Boston police officer wheeled away from the scene with a bleeding leg.

Chris Cassidy, a reporter with the Boston Herald who was taking part in the marathon, said he saw two explosions, accompanied by a loud bang and then smoke rising.

“I kept running and I heard behind me a loud bang. It looked like it was in a trash can or something. That one was in front of Abe and Louie’s. There are people who have been hit with debris, people with bloody foreheads.”

There were accounts that the windows of a local restaurant were blown out, and security was stepped up in hotels and public buildings throughout the city. Security was also stepped up in New York City, with the NYPD’s critical response vehicles being deployed, though it was not clear whether the move was a routine precaution or based on any specific intelligence.

The explosions took place about three hours after the race was won, with about a half of the total number of runners yet to complete the course. A CNN producer at the finish line said that the blasts occured on either side of Boylston Street.

“I heard an explosion, turned, and saw a huge plume of smoke coming from off the street. Then about 20 seconds later, on the other side of the avenue, there was another explosion, a smaller one, and that’s when there was a mad scramble to get out of the area.”

This year’s Boston Marathon, the 177th annual race in the city, was being staged in commemoration of the Newtown school shooting, in which 20 young children and six educators were killed in December. The finishing mile was dedicated to the victims of the Newtown tragedy.