POLS4382: Int'l Conflict & Terrorism (SHSU Spring 2013)
Storified by J. Enia · Tue, Apr 16 2013 11:41:30
Officials also announced a twist in the probe: Suspicious packages that were detonated out of precaution were not explosive devices after all. After the blasts Monday, some officials reported that explosive devices that failed to go off were found. U.S. Rep. Bill Keating of Massachusetts, who serves on the Homeland Security committee, said there were two. But Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced Tuesday that there were only two bombs -- the two that exploded at the marathon, killing three people and wounding 176.
Day 1 (April 15)
What's so frightening about #Boston is how ungrandiose the bombing was, like the movies Brazil & Children of Men -- dystopian normalcy.
On Monday evening, a White House official told NBC news, "Any event with multiple explosive devices -- as this appears to be -- is clearly an act of terror, and will be approached as an act of terror. However, we don't yet know who carried out this attack, and a thorough investigation will have to determine whether it was planned and carried out by a terrorist group, foreign or domestic."
House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, told reporters that while the White House “may not be calling this an act of terrorism right now, I am" adding, "this has all the hallmarks of a coordinated terrorist attack.”
FBI sources tell the LAT that no arrests have been made. No "person or group" has taken responsibility. Bombs appear to be "unsophisticated"
Raw video of second blast in #Boston marathon, via @AP: http://youtu.be/GZDJZdJJLW8
RT @WSJ: Breaking: Officials found what they believe are 5 additional, undetonated explosive devices in Boston area http://is.gd/QnaDXA
