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Postby Takaram » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:27 pm

Confederate Arkansas wrote:I heard there was 1 explosion at the JFK Lib


It was apparently just a fire.
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Postby Norstal » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:27 pm

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Norstal wrote:Reuters says 100 injured now.

https://twitter.com/ReutersUS

Holy crap, that's a lot. So the bomb was in the middle of the crowd?

Apparently they found more bombs? I'm looking at Twitter and Reddit atm. Also 100 treated at hospital, my mistake.
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Postby Rohane Alista » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:27 pm

Supposedly there's a badly injured "person of interest" at a hospital near the explosion site.
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Postby Grand Britannia » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:27 pm

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Hornesia wrote:Boston police scanner reporting a possible device at a Hospital, and called for EOD.


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Postby Archem States » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:27 pm

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Archem States wrote:BBC confirm devices were concealed in rubbish bins, also 50+ injured semi confirmed.


They didn't "confirm" it yet.


My bad. Suspect.
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Postby Paddy O Fernature » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:27 pm

Hornesia wrote:With that thing I said about the hospital, I'm only saying what I heard on the police scanner.


Yup.

Just explaining that in a situation as this, panicked people who's extent of what a device looks like is based on video games and Hollywood, tend to view everything and anything as a possible device.

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Postby Esselman » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:27 pm

Just an update for everyone,

the Boston Police report 2 Dead and 23 now injured. Pennsylvania Avenue (Near the White House) has been closed as reported by the white house secretary

2 bombs went off and a third incident (fire) is reported to have happened at the JFK Library

MSNBC's Chris Matthews was talking to a former FBI member who is calling this "Similar to the beginning of the 9/11 attacks" Many eyewitness who have reported in are saying there was too much going on for a cognitive response. The bombs white smoke is said to have been a low grade bomb unsimilar to military C4 so the bomb must have been amaturely made
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Postby Polvia » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:27 pm

Confederate Arkansas wrote:I heard there was 1 explosion at the JFK Lib

Yeah. The Police Commissioner in Boston said there was.
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Postby Thafoo » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:27 pm

Azrael wrote:
Thafoo wrote:Holy crap, that's a lot. So the bomb was in the middle of the crowd?

It was at the finish line, where the crowd is usually the largest.

Who would do such a thing? That's horrible.
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Postby The Keystone Federation » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:27 pm

Confederate Arkansas wrote:I heard there was 1 explosion mechanical fire at the JFK Lib
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Postby Thronegaria » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:28 pm

Remembering that it was really a terrorist attack, another can happen anytime anywhere in the country.
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Postby Ovisterra » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:28 pm

Takaram wrote:
Confederate Arkansas wrote:I heard there was 1 explosion at the JFK Lib


It was apparently just a fire.


But also apparently a bomb.

I don't know.
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Postby The Keystone Federation » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:28 pm

Thafoo wrote:
Azrael wrote:It was at the finish line, where the crowd is usually the largest.

Who would do such a thing? That's horrible.

That's why they call them "terror"ists
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Postby Serrland » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:28 pm

Ovisterra wrote:
Takaram wrote:
It was apparently just a fire.


But also apparently a bomb.

I don't know.


I don't think anybody does at the moment. We'll wait and see. I'm sure it'll come up at the press conference later this evening.
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Postby Takaram » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:28 pm

Ovisterra wrote:
Takaram wrote:
It was apparently just a fire.


But also apparently a bomb.

I don't know.


I'm going with the people who actually work at the place reported to have been bombed. They say they weren't bombed. I trust they didn't miss an explosion.
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Postby Archem States » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:28 pm

Norstal wrote:
Thafoo wrote:Holy crap, that's a lot. So the bomb was in the middle of the crowd?

Apparently they found more bombs? I'm looking at Twitter and Reddit atm. Also 100 treated at hospital, my mistake.


Got to bear in mind that "injured" covers everything from severed limbs to a scraped knee.
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Postby Sahrani DR » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:28 pm

Thafoo wrote:
Norstal wrote:Reuters says 100 injured now.

https://twitter.com/ReutersUS

Holy crap, that's a lot. So the bomb was in the middle of the crowd?


yup.
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Postby Neutraligon » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:28 pm

Confederate Arkansas wrote:I heard there was 1 explosion at the JFK Lib


From what I hear, that was an electrical fire, not a bomb.
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Postby Azrael » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:29 pm

Thafoo wrote:
Azrael wrote:It was at the finish line, where the crowd is usually the largest.

Who would do such a thing? That's horrible.

Someone who wants to send a massive message via violence.
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Postby Confederate Arkansas » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:29 pm

im going to wach the news to see any other reports i also heard that there are know 37 injured :shock:
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Postby The Keystone Federation » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:29 pm

Ovisterra wrote:
Takaram wrote:
It was apparently just a fire.


But also apparently a bomb.

I don't know.

No, the JFK Library denied it on twitter..obviously no sources would be needed for that as well
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Postby Polvia » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:29 pm

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Confederate Arkansas wrote:I heard there was 1 explosion mechanical fire at the JFK Lib

I thought the Police Commissioner said it was an explosion. Can anyone tell me where the confusion is?
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Postby Rohane Alista » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:29 pm

Ovisterra wrote:
Takaram wrote:
It was apparently just a fire.


But also apparently a bomb.

I don't know.


The police are saying they're treating it as a bomb for now, since no one is truly certain if it was a bomb or a fire.
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Postby Cosara » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:29 pm

Thafoo wrote:
Azrael wrote:It was at the finish line, where the crowd is usually the largest.

Who would do such a thing? That's horrible.

My money is on Al Qaeda (or another similar organization)
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Postby Ovisterra » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:29 pm

Takaram wrote:
Ovisterra wrote:
But also apparently a bomb.

I don't know.


I'm going with the people who actually work at the place reported to have been bombed. They say they weren't bombed. I trust they didn't miss an explosion.


Well yeah, those were my thoughts.

But I'm wondering why the police say otherwise. I don't wanna call it either way.
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