Boston Marathon bombs kill 2, hurt 49

[DerVVulfman]

Copied from CNN
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/15/explosions-near-finish-of-boston-marathon/?hpt=hp_t1

• Two dead in bomb blasts near finish line of Boston Marathon, Boston police say. Area hospitals say at least 49, and as many as 51, are injured.
  
• Two explosions happened at about 2:50 p.m., more than two hours after the first of the race's nearly 27,000 runners had crossed the finish line.
  
• Third blast later reported at JFK Library about 5 miles away, police say. Not clear whether that blast is connected to first two.
  
• Race called off; Red Cross website established to help people find loved ones in the area
  
• Check back here for updates; full story here; also, see CNN affiliates WBZ; WCVB; WHDH

[RosyPosy]

And in good time and bad Fashion; WBC is already planning the picket of their funerals. a 3rd went off as well I believe.

[KDC]

This is going to be on the news till the end of the day. Based on what my dad said. And it's going to be true since this post was made now. And I'm still hearing it on the news.

Oh, there's probably 100 injured now, I don't look slow enough.

[KasperKalamity]

damn, i could have been there had my side business gone anywhere. i would have been right there at the finish line too with a booth looking stupid as a bomb goes off

[kyonides]

Man, it's sad to know that people are targeting inocents, bystanders, buyers, runners or pretty much anyone on the streets or insides buildings but I have to say what I felt from almost the start of the news coverage, this could be staged from the very beginning. Of course some people died for no good reason and there are families afflicted due to these losses but I suspected that politicians had a huge need to justify USA's need to fight terrorism abroad and the huge expenses in high tech weaponry and communication systems. Now there are people posting alledgely fake victims of this bombing and possible paramilitar members of private organizations located in the surroundings without people getting a good explanation on why this should ever happened if NO ONE knew about the events that took place last week. The news already found out that the first suspect (that is supposed to be dead by shooting and who no one saw when he was shot in his leg or anywhere else) was interviewed by the FBI 3 times in 2010. Even so NO ONE ever kept track of him before the bombing took place. Well, all of these looks suspicious to me, like it was a plan made up by people involved in politics rather by an extremist. If you ever watched HBO's ROME tv series then mark my words and hope the USA would never become another Ancient Rome in modern times...

[MetalRenard]

Not to knock what happened or anything, but isn't everyone overreacting? I mean come on guys! You act like it's such a huge thing because the media tells you to while the government uses it to pass awful, horrifying laws behind your back. I'm not going to start comparing countries and all that but do you honestly not feel like this was blown out of proportion? Do you not follow the political life of your country enough to see how this is being used?

[Pia Carrot]

Precisely why I'm high-tailing it to England after college :s

[MechanicalPen]

Do some cultural research before you decide. The problems of countries are not so obvious to the outside world.

[MetalRenard]

London riots? I remember it being all across the country.
I also believe it was a fluke that it happened and the people who did it were dealt with quickly and decisively.
99.9% of the country was horrified at what happened.

Anyway, yes. Every country has its issues. America definitely scares me more than the UK, but right now the UK has its own issues too. Our leaders are, once again, tearing about our public services and selling them off to private companies (notably ones they own or have financial investment in... GAH!). Every new "reform" is just a way to make the few rich and the many pay.
The NHS is the foundation of our country's power, and in my view, pride. We're one of the few in the World who will treat you no matter who you are, no matter where you are from. I don't think that should change, ever. The right wing leaders right now disagree. They're even trying to privatise our fire service. I can't imagine how they're going to get away with this, but they'll do it anyway.