Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line • Hacker News Board

recoiledsnake wrote: post #2

Edit: Boston police reporting at least 2 dead, 22 injured and 10 people losing limbs. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/15/explosion-reported-near... Looks like there were two explosions. Picture: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BH6fCgFCQAERWMB.jpg:large More details http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/metro/Explosions-reported-nea... "Witnesses said several victims lost limbs, and the area was being evacuated. Many of the in…

https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/323874395632328706/...

this looks really bad.

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by revscat » Mon, Apr 15, 2013, 7:32 PM UTC

justplay wrote: post #13

Killswitch wrote: post #4

Crazy people.. Another image [NSFW]: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BH6fwFvCUAA-PWb.jpg:large

horrible , is that blood floating around ?

Yes.

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by UnoriginalGuy » Mon, Apr 15, 2013, 7:32 PM UTC

North Korea, Al Qaeda, racists, or something else?

I honestly think anyone could claim responsibility but given the high explosives and the seemingly professional nature of the attack I'm guessing either NK, AQ, or a false-flag to start a war on the Korean peninsula.

edit: Nice downvotes? We cannot speculate who?

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by shocks » Mon, Apr 15, 2013, 7:35 PM UTC

Killswitch wrote: post #4

Crazy people.. Another image [NSFW]: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BH6fwFvCUAA-PWb.jpg:large

You should add a NSFW tag. Fuck... :(

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by ChrisBland » Mon, Apr 15, 2013, 7:35 PM UTC

if the raw video streams from all of the surrounding areas were provided to the internet as a collective, I would bet they could trace the source 10x faster than the police.