BREAKING: Reports of multiple explosions at Boston Marathon leaving dozens wounded.

Devastating, regardless of who is responsible.

The timing of the explosions is a little confusing tho? 3 hours after the professional runners have finished? surely the more dramatic explosion would have been then? or was it designed to hit innocents? - horrible images though. :frown:

There's only a handful of professional runners. The bulk of people finishing will be a few hours after the professionals, so I'm assuming the explosion was designed to hurt/kill as many people as possible.

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Reply 41

TheMagicRat

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Original post by SuitUp!

Yeah I agree - either way it was going to be huge. Have any deaths been confirmed? :/

Fox News are reporting three deaths but I'm not sure any have been confirmed.

Reply 42

username129099

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I guess the one decent thing is that there didn't seem to be reports of mass fatalities. Its a city race so even with all the blood at the scene there is a good chance plenty of those injured received medical treatment quite quickly.

I imagine the CIA and such are rubbing their hands together, an attack on US soil, surely a returned to the post 9/11 security levels, and will protect their budget.

I think I might flick over to CNN to see the US reaction.

Reply 43

SuitUp!

Original post by Hylean

Fewer people hit if timed for the professionals.

I love how your comment implies professional runners are not innocent. :P

Didn't you know all professional runners are in fact hardened criminals!
Whoever has been hit regardless of their degree of marathon running talent has been caught in a horrific event that has much bigger implications :frown:

Reply 44

rsplaya

So the big question who did it? I put my money on a lone nutter.

Reply 45

Luxray

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Original post by doggyfizzel

I guess the one decent thing is that there didn't seem to be reports of mass fatalities. Its a city race so even with all the blood at the scene there is a good chance plenty of those injured received medical treatment quite quickly.

I imagine the CIA and such are rubbing their hands together, an attack on US soil, surely a returned to the post 9/11 security levels, and will protect their budget.

I think I might flick over to CNN to see the US reaction.

Interesing analysis, might be a bitter sweet moment for them then

Reply 46

qasidb

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I don't know. Something tells me it wasn't Al-Qaeda or Taliban related. In other words, I personally think that it probably was Muslims but just that those usual, infamous terrorist groups that we know about (that I just mentioned) didn't know about it.

I think it was done by people inspired by the terrorist groups but not ordered by those terrorist groups. If it was done by them then I think it would've have been more sophisticated.

Reply 47

Rish7

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As terrible as this is, it's worth noting that this kind of thing happens all over the world almost on a daily basis. It's just that we don't receive mainstream news coverage of these other atrocities. I sincerely hope that nobody has died in these explosions, but I can't help but feel sorry for all the women and children who's deaths get swept under the carpet.

Reply 48

Fenrirs_space

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Apparently ball bearings were found, which may give them an idea to the possible groups who did this

Reply 49

Sufistic

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Original post by TheMagicRat

Fox News are reporting three deaths but I'm not sure any have been confirmed.

CNN just confirmed two deaths.

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Reply 50

Black Cat

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Original post by Sufistic

CNN just confirmed two deaths.

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Three.

Reply 51

username129099

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Original post by qasidb

I don't know. Something tells me it wasn't Al-Qaeda or Taliban related. In other words, I personally think that it probably was Muslims but just that those usual, infamous terrorist groups that we know about (that I just mentioned) didn't know about it.

I think it was done by people inspired by the terrorist groups but not ordered by those terrorist groups. If it was done by them then I think it would've have been more sophisticated.

Most of these terrorist groups are considered to be Al-Qaeda splinter groups or affiliates, in the news the terms are usually interchangeable. I would agree though, the size of the blasts were pretty small it would seem like quite a small scale attack rather a large well planned attack.

Reply 52

Rish7

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Reports of a tent originally used to help fatigued runners now being used as a "make-shift morgue". Pretty grim by the sounds of it, they're reporting blast wounds, loss of limbs and fatalities but nothing confirmed officially as off yet.

Reply 53

Hylean

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Original post by Luxray

Interesing analysis, might be a bitter sweet moment for them then

Give it a few days and the conspiravy theories will be out about it being an inside job to ramp up support for the war on terror/increase surveillance on people.

Reply 54

Luxray

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https://vine.co/v/bFdt5uwg6JZ

Short clip of one explosion.

Reply 55

Sufistic

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Original post by Black Cat

Three.

I'm specifically talking about CNN.

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2 have died.

This is awful :frown:

several people dead already :frown:

Reply 58

Iqbal007

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Hopefully there are no fatalities........and the people recover from their injuries and are able to carry on and live their lives
Prayers and thoughts are with the people involved in their tragedy and their families.

Thats scary stuff on your analysis :s-smilie:

No doubt there will be conspiracies behind it, but it depends on who the preparators were.......... and I honestly don't hope there are people in the government in the US who think like this, but then again I don't think I would surprised by it :frown:

Original post by doggyfizzel

I guess the one decent thing is that there didn't seem to be reports of mass fatalities. Its a city race so even with all the blood at the scene there is a good chance plenty of those injured received medical treatment quite quickly.

I imagine the CIA and such are rubbing their hands together, an attack on US soil, surely a returned to the post 9/11 security levels, and will protect their budget.

I think I might flick over to CNN to see the US reaction.