Boston
The Boston Marathon is run every year on Patriots Day, a Massachusetts holiday commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord in the state that mark the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
Today there were at least two explosions near the finish line of the race, and a fire at the JFK Library within a limited period of time.
At least three people, including a child, are confirmed dead, and over 140 people are reportedly injured.
Those are the facts that are known. We don’t know what caused the explosions or the fire. A lot of people including CNN are calling this a terrorist attack, but we don’t have enough information yet to state that these events were the result of intentional acts by people. Until evidence is gathered and analyzed we simply don’t know.
Because it did occur near the finish line, there has to be a lot of video of the events, and video of possible suspects if these turn out to be actual bombs, intentionally planted.
Wait until we know what happened before drawing conclusions.
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I haven’t posted on this one yet because I don’t know what to think about it. Who bombs a marathon? Fat people? Of course, the *last* time that an athletic event on American soil was bombed, it was a right-wing loon (Eric Rudolph), but that doesn’t mean *this* time that’s true — though it seems to have a higher probability than other possibilities (Al Qaeda aren’t gonna bomb a marathon, they’re gonna bomb some symbol of American values — like a shopping mall).
So I’m holding off and waiting to see. Hopefully we don’t have some scapegoat dragged through the mud this time like poor Richard Jewell was…
They have already crossed the library fire off the list as unrelated and publicly stated that there have NOT been any unexploded devices found. They are sounding more confident that the explosions were caused by bombs and not gas lines, etc.
At this point the ME hasn’t even had time to issue a preliminary cause of death. These things take time and no one wants to screw up the investigation.