*breaking news* Boston Marathon explosions

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Holy crap, just heard this on BBC/CNN. Aerial photos clearly show burn marks on places on the pavement, like a bomb in a litter bin or something. There are clearly large pools of blood/bloodstains within metres of the blast marks.

Sickening.
 
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If this WAS a delberate attack, how the heck did they get the bombs through security? The Americans are obsessive about security in big events like this.
 
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BBC saying 'reports of another device in another hotel'

What are the bets that turns out to be 'baseless speculation originating from gossiping locals'?
 
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Horrific, thoughts with the victims.

There are worse NSFL pictures emerging now but I won't link them here because they don't belong here.
 
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I find it interesting how people in America being blown up is any more or less shocking than any other country?

I wonder this too and I guess its a combination of :

Its a rare event, rather than a monthly one in Iraq
We have more affinity with the US, so it feels closer to home
Due to the above it is reported more, and in a more dramatic way, to us

And other reasons I guess, but no, objectively it is no more or less a terrible event to happen to innocent bystanders than any other bombing.
 
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