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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Boston_Marathon_bombingBoston Marathon bombing - Wikipedia

    Three people were killed and hundreds injured, including 17 who lost limbs. [1] [5] [6] On April 18, 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released images of two suspects in the bombing. [7] [8] [9] The two suspects were later identified as the Tsarnaev brothers.

  2. www.history.com › boston-marathon-bombingsBoston Marathon Bombing - Victims, Suspects & Facts | HISTORY

    • Boston Marathon. April 15, 2013, marked the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, the world’s oldest annual marathon. The popular event is held on Patriots’ Day, which commemorates the 1775 battles of Lexington and Concord that kicked off the Revolutionary War.
    • Pressure-Cooker Bombs. At approximately 2:49 that afternoon, with more than 5,600 runners still in the race, two pressure-cooker bombs—packed with shrapnel and hidden in backpacks among crowds of marathon-watchers—exploded within seconds of each other near the finish line along Boylston Street.
    • Tsarnaev Brothers. An investigation involving more than 1,000 federal, state and local law enforcement personnel was immediately launched. A breakthrough in the case came less than two days later, when FBI analysts, poring through thousands of videos and photographs taken from security cameras in the area where the attack occurred, pinpointed two male suspects.
    • Tamerlan Tsarnaev. When they stopped at a Cambridge gas station, the hostage escaped and called police, informing them the SUV could be tracked by his cellphone, which was still in the vehicle.

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  4. www.cnn.com › 2015/04/24 › usBoston bombing: The dead and injured | CNN

    Apr 24, 2015 · Here are the faces of those who died and were injured in the April 2013 blasts. The battle over the control of images and their spin has always been essential to the Boston Marathon...

  5. www.cnn.com › 2013/04/15 › usDoctors amputate limbs, remove debris from bomb victims | CNN

    Apr 15, 2013 · An injured man is loaded into an ambulance after two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Three people were killed and at least 264 were injured.

  6. www.britannica.com › event › Boston-Marathon-bombingBoston Marathon bombing of 2013 | Facts, Date ... - Britannica

    May 28, 2024 · Boston Marathon bombing of 2013, terrorist attack that took place a short distance from the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. A pair of homemade bombs detonated in the crowd watching the race, killing 3 people and injuring more than 260.

  7. www.nytimes.com › 2013/04/16 › usBlasts at Boston Marathon Kill 3 and Injure 100 (Published 2013)

    Apr 16, 2013 · BOSTON — Two powerful bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday afternoon, killing three people, including an 8-year-old child, and injuring more than 100, as one...

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  9. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › three-peopleThree people killed, hundreds injured in Boston Marathon bombing

    Dec 2, 2013 · Three people died: a 23-year-old woman, a 29-year-old woman and an 8-year-old boy. Among the scores of others who were injured, more than a dozen people required amputations. On the evening of...