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Postby Grocery Store Music » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:31 pm

That's something, I suppose.
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Postby Soviet Party » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:31 pm

CBS newscaster seems to want put this on a gas line.
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Postby Calorax » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:32 pm

Jesus fucking christ. There might be a second device yet.
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:32 pm

And a video: http://media.boston.cbslocal.com/CBSBOS ... 6315AA.mp4

I'll just say: NSFW, just in case.
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Postby Polvia » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:32 pm

I'm listening to it live right now on the BBC.
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Postby Camicon » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:33 pm

Souseiseki wrote:
Reichsland wrote:Im looking but I haven't been able to find any more details about it yet. That would suck though, get through running the Boston Marathon then lose your legs in a random explosion.

Im not saying that happened

at least one person actually has lost a leg

so

uh

yeah

I guarantee you whoever set these explosions up will think it's hilarious that there are marathon runners that lost their legs during a marathon.

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Postby Samozaryadnyastan » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:34 pm

Reporting of "one other possible device" at the Mandarin hotel, so it's certainly an attack now.
"A number of people missing limbs" have been taken to nearby hospitals.
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Postby Soviet Party » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:35 pm

Samozaryadnyastan wrote:Reporting of "one other possible device" at the Mandarin hotel, so it's certainly an attack now.
"A number of people missing limbs" have been taken to nearby hospitals.



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Postby Samozaryadnyastan » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:35 pm

Soviet Party wrote:
Samozaryadnyastan wrote:Reporting of "one other possible device" at the Mandarin hotel, so it's certainly an attack now.
"A number of people missing limbs" have been taken to nearby hospitals.



Source?

BBC24 channel's live TV updating.
Courtesy of some Washington correspondent, I believe.
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Postby Takaram » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:36 pm

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Samozaryadnyastan wrote:Reporting of "one other possible device" at the Mandarin hotel, so it's certainly an attack now.
"A number of people missing limbs" have been taken to nearby hospitals.



Source?


The BBC live feed just said that. They didn't comment on the use of the word "device", though.
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Postby Soviet Party » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:36 pm

Samozaryadnyastan wrote:
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Source?

BBC24 channel's live TV updating.



Nothing on what I've seen about that...
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Postby Samozaryadnyastan » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:36 pm

Soviet Party wrote:
Samozaryadnyastan wrote:BBC24 channel's live TV updating.



Nothing on what I've seen about that...

About 1-2 minutes ago?
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Postby Grand Longueville » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:37 pm

At least three dead.
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Postby Khadgar » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:37 pm

Samozaryadnyastan wrote:Reporting of "one other possible device" at the Mandarin hotel, so it's certainly an attack now.
"A number of people missing limbs" have been taken to nearby hospitals.


Remember, this is a town that thought lite-brites were bombs. "Possible devices" is way too vague to declare anything yet.
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Postby Soviet Party » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:37 pm

Samozaryadnyastan wrote:
Soviet Party wrote:

Nothing on what I've seen about that...

About 1-2 minutes ago?


That's odd.... lots of rumors flying at this point
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Postby Samozaryadnyastan » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:37 pm

The Blaatschapen wrote:And a video: http://media.boston.cbslocal.com/CBSBOS ... 6315AA.mp4

I'll just say: NSFW, just in case.

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Postby Allied States of Demokratia » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:37 pm

No indications that I have seen of terror attack, but 2 near simultaneous explosions with reports of a third device quickly pointing away from a accident...
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Postby Takaram » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:38 pm

Khadgar wrote:
Samozaryadnyastan wrote:Reporting of "one other possible device" at the Mandarin hotel, so it's certainly an attack now.
"A number of people missing limbs" have been taken to nearby hospitals.


Remember, this is a town that thought lite-brites were bombs. "Possible devices" is way too vague to declare anything yet.


Agreed. Apparently it's coming from a police security alert. They're elaborating now.
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Postby Soviet Party » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:39 pm

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/15/ex ... sman-says/

Fox reporting 3 casualties.

Take it for what its worth.

Remember, its also early....
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:39 pm

Samozaryadnyastan wrote:
The Blaatschapen wrote:And a video: http://media.boston.cbslocal.com/CBSBOS ... 6315AA.mp4

I'll just say: NSFW, just in case.

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Postby Varijnland » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:39 pm

Fuck fuck fuck!! I hate this shit!

I'm hearing 3+ people confermed dead but that's likely to go up. Cowardly bastards!

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Postby Unicario » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:39 pm

Well this is bad... I'm waiting for people to start saying "9/11 part 2!"
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Postby TaQud » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:40 pm

Sad to hear this. Hopefully everyone is okay...
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Postby Takaram » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:41 pm

TaQud wrote:Sad to hear this. Hopefully everyone is okay...


One of the few certainties thus far is that at least a few are not okay.
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:42 pm

Camicon wrote:
Souseiseki wrote:at least one person actually has lost a leg

so

uh

yeah

I guarantee you whoever set these explosions up will think it's hilarious that there are marathon runners that lost their legs during a marathon.

Sick fucker(s).


There is a 'running for your life' joke here somewhere. But it would be distasteful to make.
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