Sources : www.boston.com , www.reuters.com

April 24, 2013 1

With thousands of runners still on the course at the Boston Marathon, two explosions rocked Boylston Street just yards from the finish line. The blasts ripped through crowded spectator viewing stands. The death toll as we publish stands at three and is expected to rise, with over 140 others injured and transported to local hospitals. No arrests have been made. Pleased follow Boston.com for further updates.(32

photos total)* Source : www.boston.com

Terror at the Boston Marathon

April 24, 2013 2

The scene at the finish line of the 117th Boston

Marathon when one of the two bombs exploded. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)

April 24, 2013 3

A second explosion goes off (rear) as Bill

Iffrig was blown to the ground by the first

explosion near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.(John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)#

April 24, 2013 4

Victims of the explosion lay on the ground in

shock at the scene of the explosion. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)#

April 24, 2013 5

Police officers run with their guns drawn as

they hear the second explosion down the street. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)#

April 24, 2013 6

An injured person is wheeled across the finish

line of the Boston Marathon. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)#

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Destruction and victims at the site of the explosion.

Barricades hindered the help from getting to the injured. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)#

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Two officials run away from the first explosion. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)#

April 24, 2013 9

People leave the bleachers at the finish line after the

explosion. ( David L Ryan/Globe Staff )#

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An injured woman is tended to at the

scene of the explosion on Boylston Street. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)#

April 24, 2013 11

A woman looks on as runners pass near

Kenmore Square after two bombs exploded

during the 117th Boston Marathon. ( Alex Trautwig/Getty Images) #

April 24, 2013 12

Runners who had not finished the race were

stopped before the Massachusetts Avenue

overpass on Commonwealth Avenue. (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff) #

April 24, 2013 13

A man comforts a victim on the

sidewalk at the scene of the first

explosion. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)#

April 24, 2013 14

A victim is moved out of the scene in a wheelchair. ( David L. Ryan/Globe Staff) #

April 24, 2013 15

A Boston Marathon runner, center, is reunited

with loved ones near Copley Square following the

explosion. (Winslow Townson/Associated Press) #

April 24, 2013 16

A child is comforted after explosions

went off at the Boston Marathon. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)#

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A victim of the explosion is helped onto a stretcher. ( David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)#

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A victim is helped on the sidewalk of Boylston Street. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)#

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Bomb victims are

pushed to safety. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)#

April 24, 2013 20

A man walks the scene of the

explosions at the Boston

Marathon. (The Daily Free

Press, Kenshin Okubo/The

Daily Free Press via

Associated Press) #

April 24, 2013 21

A Boston Marathon runner is

comforted in the aftermath of two

blasts. (Elise Amendola/Associated Press) #

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People tend to an injured woman. (Bill Greene/Globe Staff) #

April 24, 2013 23

A runner embraces another woman on the Boston

Marathon route near Kenmore Square after two bombs exploded. (Alex Trautwig/Getty Images)#

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Katherine Swierk (left) is reunited

with her aunt Terry Days (center)

and friend Jocelyn Cacio outside

Copley Square in Boston after

explosions during the Boston

Marathon. (John Blanding/Globe Staff)#

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Spectators were evacuated

from the scene. (Bill Greene/Globe Staff)#

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People on Boylston Street check their devices for news of the explosions at the Boston Marathon. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)#

April 24, 2013 27

Justine Franco of Montpelier, Vt., holds

up a sign near Copley Square in Boston

looking for her missing friend, April, who

was running in her first Boston

Marathon. (Winslow Townson/Associated Press) #

April 24, 2013 28

Women desperate to hear from loved ones

can't enter the scene at the marathon. (Bill Greene/Globe Staff) #

April 24, 2013 29

A couple run from the

scene of the

explosions with a

stroller. (Bill Greene/Globe Staff)#

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A frightened child is taken from the scene of the second explosion. (Bill Hoenk for the Boston Globe) #

April 24, 2013 31

A man is helped with his

bleeding leg at the

scene of the first

explosion.(John Tlumacki/Globe Staff) #

April 24, 2013 32

President Barack Obama leaves the podium

after speaking at the White House following

the explosions at the Boston Marathon. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press)#

April 24, 2013 33

A woman prays at the scene of the explosion at

the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff) #

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Debris is seen along Boylston Street after explosions went off at

the 117th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

A woman is comforted by a man near a triage tent set up for the

Boston Marathon after explosions went off at the 117th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

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A runner is escorted from the scene after explosions

went off at the 117th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

A runner in a wheelchair is taken from a triage tent after

explosions went off at the 117th Boston Marathon in

Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiApril 24, 2013 36

A woman talks on the phone after two explosions

interrupted the running of the Boston Marathon in Boston,

Massachusetts April 15, 2013. Two bombs ripped through

the crowd at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on

Monday, killing two people and injuring dozens in what a

White House official said would be handled as an "act of terror."

REUTERS/Dominick Reuter (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS)

A woman walks past an ambulance at the scene after

explosions reportedly interrupted the running of the

117th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Dominick ReuterApril 24, 2013 37

The scene of multiple explosions near the end of the

Boston Marathon finish line in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Scott Eisen

A woman comforts another, who appears to have

suffered an injury to her hand, after explosions

interrupted the 117th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Dominick Reuter

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Boston Police coordinate the scene after explosions

reportedly interrupted the running of the 117th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Dominick Reuter

Ambulances line the street after explosions

reportedly interrupted the running of the 117th

Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Dominick Reuter

April 24, 2013 39

People look for updates about the situation after explosions

reportedly interrupted the running of the 117th Boston

Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Dominick Reuter

Public safety officials evacuate the scene after

several explosions near the finish line of the 117th

Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Neal Hamberg

April 24, 2013 40

Racers and race

officials look for loved

ones after multiple

explosions near the

117th Boston

Marathon finish line in

Boston,

Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Neal Hamberg

Bloody clothing and medical pads are found on Commonwealth

Avenue in Boston near the scene of multiple explosions at the end

of the Boston Marathon finish line in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Scott Eisen

April 24, 2013 41

A metro SWAT officer stands guard on Massachusetts

Avenue near the scene of multiple bombings near the finish

line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Scott Eisen

A SWAT truck delivers officers to the scene after two

explosions interrupted the running of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Dominick Reuter

April 24, 2013 42

A couple walks down Boylston Street away from the

finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

SWAT officers stand guard at Brigham and Women's

Hospital after two explosions interrupted the running

of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Dominick Reuter

April 24, 2013 43

A runner looks through unclaimed runners' bags

from the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

Unclaimed runner's bags from the Boston Marathon are seen in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

April 24, 2013 44

Runners continue to run towards the finish line

of the Boston Marathon as an explosion erupts

near the finish line of the race in this photo

exclusively licensed to Reuters by photographer

Dan Lampariello after he took the photo in Boston, Massachusetts, April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Dan Lampariello

A U.S. national guardsman waits in a school

bus near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013.

REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

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