Two bomb explosions rocked the US state of Boston on Monday during the popular Boston Marathon. The explosion occurred close to the finish line of the marathon turning the event into a bloody scene of destruction. Sources said the first explosion occurred at about 2:45 pm local time while the second occurred 12 seconds afterwards throwing people to the ground. The explosion occurred two hours after the first of the race’s nearly 27,000 runners crossed the finish line. There was a third blast at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library but police later linked it to fire with no injuries or death recorded.

Emergency and security operatives rushed to the blast scene to render services and rescue people as people scampered for safety. Three persons have been confirmed killed while 17 are in critical condition and 25 in serious condition. Two of the dead of whom one is an 8 year old boy died on the spot while the third died in hospital. Hospital scores said that about 134 are being treated with 10 having their limbs amputated.

Two bomb explosions rocked the US state of Boston on Monday during the popular Boston Marathon. The explosion occurred close to the finish line of the marathon turning the event into a bloody scene of destruction. Sources said the first explosion occurred at about 2:45 pm local time while the second occurred 12 seconds afterwards throwing people to the ground. The explosion occurred two hours after the first of the race’s nearly 27,000 runners crossed the finish line. There was a third blast at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library but police later linked it to fire with no injuries or death recorded.

Emergency and security operatives rushed to the blast scene to render services and rescue people as people scampered for safety. Three persons have been confirmed killed while 17 are in critical condition and 25 in serious condition. Two of the dead of whom one is an 8 year old boy died on the spot while the third died in hospital. Hospital scores said that about 134 are being treated with 10 having their limbs amputated.

Representative Bill Keating of Massachusetts who is also a member of homeland security committee said an unexploded device was also found at a hotel on Boylston Street close to the bomb site and another was found at an undisclosed location in Keating while calling the bombing a “sophisticated, coordinated, planned attack.” Boston Police commissioner Ed Davis said that one other explosive device was found and dismantled.

Investigation has commenced into the incident with the US President Barack Obama promising to get to the root of the matter and bringing perpetrators to justice while the Federal Aviation Administration has placed a flight restriction over the blasts site. Security has been beefed up around major cities in the US.

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Bomb explosions rocks US state of Boston