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

MajesticDonkey

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?

Chucken

NiallSparky wrote: »

Reports of people dead on Sky News.

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

xzanti

xzanti wrote: »

Looks like a small localised area of debris

My first thought would be suicide bomber?!

Hopefully it's just them.

snubbleste

Has FoxNews blamed Osama BinLaden yet?

Cantona's Collars

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.

Pudsy33

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

Amirani

It seems like a very unconventional target for any terrorist.

Aidric

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.

karma_

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.

smallerthanyou

snubbleste wrote: »

Switch it off.

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

Hazys

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.

Thrill

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.

Fukuyama

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.

Chucken

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.

Pudsy33

How long ago did this happen? Very worrying.

MajesticDonkey

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.

Pudsy33

Chucken wrote: »

^^^^

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

karma_

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.

Doublelime

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

Icyseanfitz

as if a marathon isnt hard enough in itself bloody bastards who ever did this

Shamozzle

They got a lovely day for it.

Hazys

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

Zamboni

Warning Graphic Images @ Michael Graham (George Hooks Pal)

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

admiralofthefleet

snubbleste wrote: »

Has FoxNews blamed Osama BinLaden yet?

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

tigger123

Shamozzle wrote: »

They got a lovely day for it.

You're hilarious.

MajesticDonkey

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.

Thrill

A reporter saying one person lost both legs.

GLaDOS

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

shar01

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

MajesticDonkey

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.