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Breaking:Large explosion at public event in Boston***Mod warning in OP**

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    #32
    [Deleted User]
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    MajesticDonkey wrote: »
    Yeah, I'd really post it in the way I did if I was claiming it was NK.
    What I said didn't suggest that I thought you thought it was North Korea.
    Maybe get new friends?


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    #33
    Chucken
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    NiallSparky wrote: »
    Reports of people dead on Sky News.

    Reporter didnt say that. It was someone on the street.


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    #34
    [Deleted User]
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    xzanti wrote: »
    Looks like a small localised area of debris

    My first thought would be suicide bomber?!
    Hopefully it's just them.


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    #35
    snubbleste
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    Has FoxNews blamed Osama BinLaden yet?


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    #36
    Cantona's Collars
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    rarnes1 wrote: »
    Sky News wouldn't be too worried about stuff like that. Tabloid rag news

    They are showing live footage from American tv stations.


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    #37
    Pudsy33
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    "oh my god they're dead" says the man on Sky. Classy stuff.


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    #38
    Amirani
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    It seems like a very unconventional target for any terrorist.


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    #39
    Aidric
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    Some worrying stuff coming through on twitter, including this one.
    Andrew Katz ‏@katz
    RT @JackieBrunoNECN I saw people's legs blown off. Horrific. Two explosions. Runners were coming in and saw unspeakable horror.


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    #40
    karma_
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Where/what are you looking at? Some of the pics don't look bad but the live cam posted above shows a pretty big area closed off and the helicopter shots on Sky show a decent amount of damage and quite a lot of blood.

    Just those pictures already posted. Not seen any news footage yet. I see blood yes, but even around that area, it's like no bombing site I've ever seen. I'm wondering if it's something like a grenade perhaps.


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    #41
    smallerthanyou
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    Switch it off.

    I actually did. Sometimes I hate the instant digital age.


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    #42
    Hazys
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    I'm working today, about less than a mile from the finish line and all i can hear is police and ambulance sirens going past my office.


    Pricks whoever did this, hopefully it'll turn out ok for the people who got hurt.


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    #43
    Thrill
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    No mention of whether it was a bomb or not yet but the bomb squad has been called to Mandarin hotel, area is being cleared.


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    #44
    Fukuyama
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    I'm almost hoping this was an accident like a gas explosion.

    If it was what everyone thinks it is - I hope the ****ers are brought to justice and locked up for the remainder of their cowardly lives.

    There is zero justification for the direct targeting of civilians. An event children would have been attending.


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    #45
    Chucken
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    Chucken wrote: »
    Reporter didnt say that. It was someone on the street.

    ^^^^
    Pudsy33 wrote: »
    "oh my god they're dead" says the man on Sky. Classy stuff.


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    #46
    Pudsy33
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    How long ago did this happen? Very worrying.


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    #47
    MajesticDonkey
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    What I said didn't suggest that I thought you thought it was North Korea.
    Maybe get new friends?
    Quick on the personal attacks aren't we? Have you ever misinterpreted something you read wrongly? I apologise.


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    #48
    Pudsy33
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    Chucken wrote: »
    ^^^^

    I know, they still chose to air it....


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    #49
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    karma_ wrote: »
    Just those pictures already posted. Not seen any news footage yet. I see blood yes, but even around that area, it's like no bombing site I've ever seen. I'm wondering if it's something like a grenade perhaps.

    There was footage from a helicopter on sky, plenty of blood around. If anyone's dead hopefully it's just the people who carried it out.


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    #50
    Doublelime
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    Guys I suspect a new war on terror!! The drones will soon be attacking the world!!


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    #51
    Icyseanfitz
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    as if a marathon isnt hard enough in itself :( bloody bastards who ever did this


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    #52
    Shamozzle
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    They got a lovely day for it.


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    #53
    Hazys
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    Dean0088 wrote: »
    I'm almost hoping this was an accident like a gas explosion.

    If it was what everyone thinks it is - I hope the ****ers are brought to justice and locked up for the remainder of their cowardly lives.

    There is zero justification for the direct targeting of civilians. An event children would have been attending.

    I'm hoping that too, that it wasn't a terrorist attack. The back bay (the area of the finish line) had a major fire last year in an underground station do to some electricity grind exploding...maybe thats what happened


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    #54
    Zamboni
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    Warning Graphic Images @ Michael Graham (George Hooks Pal)

    http://michaelgraham.com/alert-explosions-at-finish-line-of-boston-marathon/


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    #55
    admiralofthefleet
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    Has FoxNews blamed Osama BinLaden yet?

    Australia had an oil discovery last week, maybe they will be blamed


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    #56
    tigger123
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    Shamozzle wrote: »
    They got a lovely day for it.

    You're hilarious.


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    #57
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    MajesticDonkey wrote: »
    Quick on the personal attacks aren't we? Have you ever misinterpreted something you read wrongly? I apologise.
    I don't know who your friends are so it's hard for me to personally attack them. :pac: Maybe I misread your post and I don't recognise your username but it read like some of the regulars in another forum on boards who like to use things like this to make a point.


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    #58
    Thrill
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    A reporter saying one person lost both legs. :(


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    #59
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,202 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    City with heavy links to Ireland. Hoping reports of death are incorrect.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #60
    shar01
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    It'll probably turn out to be home grown terrorism.


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    #61
    MajesticDonkey
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    but it read like some of the regulars in another forum on boards who like to use things like this to make a point.
    Nope.


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