Boston Marathon Bombing Summary

On April 15, 2013 14:45 EST two explosions occurred near the arrival area of the Boston Marathon in 2013. Approximately three hours after the arrival of the winners, two strong explosions were felt from Copley Square, shortly before the finish line.

Officials of the Boston Police Department reported that three people were killed and there were at least 1,257 wounded. Local hospitals were reporting even more wounded, according to the Boston Globe, more than 100 people were treated at different facilities.The three people who died were: Richard Martin: an eight years old boy, Dorchester, his mother, Denise Richard, was wounded and his little sister 6 years; Krystle M. Campbell: a woman aged 29, manager of a restaurant in Medford and Lü Lingzi:

It's bombings, causing three deaths confirmed by police, and 180 injured, several seriously ill, must be amputated. The three deceased are a Chinese student from Boston University aged 23, Lingzi Lu, a 29-year-old Krystle Campbell, and an eight year old boy, Martin Richard, the younger sister of six loses leg and whose mother was seriously injured. A man of 27 has both legs blown off. Rumors speak other bombs would not have triggered are belied by the FBI.Immediately after the explosions, newspapers and police are calling a witness and investigators searched the rubble collecting useful to the investigation. In the days that followed, numerous photos and videos taken by bystanders or from the surrounding shops surveillance cameras are examined. “Law enforcement has been painstakingly sifting through photos and combing videos frame by frame.” (Ford,

The brothers rob a car, its driver is taken hostage, and manages to escape when they stopped at a gas station. The mobile phone that hostage left in the vehicle can locate terrorists. A chase then engages in the night in Watertown, followed by a shooting in which 15 police officers were injured and a suspect was arrested. It succumbs shortly after from his injuries in hospital; this is one of the suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaïev, aged 26. The other individual, his brother 19-year Dzhokhar Tsarnaïev, the second suspect of the attacks, manages to escape, being likely armed and considered dangerous. 9000 armed men patrolling Boston that turns into ghost town and its surrounding area: people are asked not to go to work, to go home and barricade. Watertown in particular is inspected house by house. Dzhokhar Tsarnaïev injured is discovered by a resident under the awning of his boat while the curfew has been lifted. Dzhokhar Tsarnaïev finally stopped by the police, 20: 45 pm local time (2 pm 45 am Paris time) after a final strafing during which he was wounded again, while according to an official source it really was not armed and did not have explosives at the time of his