[NEWS] Explosions near Boston Marathon Finish Line (UPDATE: MIT/Watertown shootout w/ suspects)

Not an assumption that would be wise to make at this point.

 

It's surreal to see all of this unfolding live.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>When reached by the @<a href="https://twitter.com/ap">ap</a>, the father of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said his son is smart and accomplished, calling him "a true angel."</p>&mdash; Josh Elliott (@JoshElliottABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshElliottABC/status/325235499742687235">April 19, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Police source:2 Russian nationals pulled over in Niagara Falls; 4 suspicious backpacks in the car, robot &amp; bomb techs on scene.</p>&mdash; WGRZ (@WGRZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/WGRZ/status/325234121817325568">April 19, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Boston Police to Twitter: Stop making up fake Twitter accounts, stop tweeting our scanner, stop telling people where we're going.</p>&mdash; Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) <a href="https://twitter.com/DKThomp/status/325237874406596609">April 19, 2013</a></blockquote>
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And they think there is a chance there could be death. The cops don't want the news showing this guy blowing himself up and killing people live on tv.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>RT @<a href="https://twitter.com/bostonglobe">bostonglobe</a>: RT @<a href="https://twitter.com/jtuohey21">jtuohey21</a>: An explosive trigger was found on the dead brother’s body at the morgue. <a href="http://t.co/iFRfQPFnJg" title="http://b.globe.com/11pnNqP">b.globe.com/11pnNqP</a></p>&mdash; jmartpolitico (@jmartpolitico) <a href="https://twitter.com/jmartpolitico/status/325238728547241986">April 19, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Wait so this is distinct from whats currently going on???

 

probably a question that can't be answered now, but if the FBI knew these guys were on the loose yesterday, why was POTUS allowed to travel to Boston?

 

Thank you to those of you keeping us updated while we drive in to work.

Dude. That is just not a cool thing to say. I'd like to change that to "let them both live and see each other suffer while getting tortured !", mmmkay?

 

yes. several hundred miles west.

 

Better.

 

Nothing wrong with assumptions...

 

Except they can make an ass of you. And umptions.

 

Don't know if this was reported yet in this thread, but I heard on 740 on the way to work that Boston police were stopping cars that were driving where the driver had a cellphone out. They were apparently "panicked" and telling the drivers to stop using their phones.

This was reported by 740, quoting an affiliate (?) I think in Boston? Apparently they are thinking someone else might remote detonate a bomb?

 

Fox reporting that military grade explosives have been found in the street

 

That scene from Se7en comes to mind. Where Kevin Spacey is torturing that one guy in the apartment slowly over a period of one year.

 

It's one thing to assume but it is another to act on it.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>.@<a href="https://twitter.com/somervillepd">somervillepd</a> will shortly conduct a safe, contained, controlled explosion in the <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Somerville">#Somerville</a> Norfolk St. area <a href="http://t.co/I0LOWTspTq" title="http://ow.ly/kdUwR">ow.ly/kdUwR</a></p>&mdash; City of Somerville(@SomervilleCity) <a href="https://twitter.com/SomervilleCity/status/325238948966313984">April 19, 2013</a></blockquote>
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