Two explosions occurred at the Boston Marathon finish line, killing 3 people and injuring over 140 others. The explosions went off near the finish line as thousands of runners were still completing the race. No arrests were made at the time and investigators were trying to determine who was responsible for the attack.

1. Sources : www.boston.com , www.reuters.com
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2. 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
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3. The scene at the finish line of the 117th Boston
Marathon when one of the two bombs exploded. (David
L. Ryan/Globe Staff)
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4. 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)#
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5. Victims of the explosion lay on the ground in
shock at the scene of the explosion. (John
Tlumacki/Globe Staff)#
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6. Police officers run with their guns drawn as
they hear the second explosion down the
street. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)#
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7. An injured person is wheeled across the finish
line of the Boston Marathon. (John
Tlumacki/Globe Staff)#
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8. 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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9. Two officials run away from the first
explosion. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)#
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10. People leave the bleachers at the finish line after the
explosion. ( David L Ryan/Globe Staff )#
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11. An injured woman is tended to at the
scene of the explosion on Boylston
Street. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)#
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12. A woman looks on as runners pass near
Kenmore Square after two bombs exploded
during the 117th Boston Marathon. ( Alex
Trautwig/Getty Images) #
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13. Runners who had not finished the race were
stopped before the Massachusetts Avenue
overpass on Commonwealth Avenue. (Yoon S.
Byun/Globe Staff) #
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14. A man comforts a victim on the
sidewalk at the scene of the first
explosion. (John Tlumacki/Globe
Staff)#
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15. A victim is moved out of the scene in a
wheelchair. ( David L. Ryan/Globe Staff) #
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16. A Boston Marathon runner, center, is reunited
with loved ones near Copley Square following the
explosion. (Winslow Townson/Associated
Press) #
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17. A child is comforted after explosions
went off at the Boston Marathon.
(Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)#
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18. A victim of the explosion is helped onto a
stretcher. ( David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)#
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19. A victim is helped on the sidewalk of Boylston
Street. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)#
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20. Bomb victims are
pushed to safety. (David
L. Ryan/Globe Staff)#
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21. 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) #
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22. A Boston Marathon runner is
comforted in the aftermath of two
blasts. (Elise Amendola/Associated
Press) #
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23. People tend to an injured woman. (Bill
Greene/Globe Staff) #
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24. 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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25. 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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26. Spectators were evacuated
from the scene. (Bill
Greene/Globe Staff)#
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27. People on Boylston Street check their devices for news of the
explosions at the Boston Marathon. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)#
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28. 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) #
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29. Women desperate to hear from loved ones
can't enter the scene at the marathon. (Bill
Greene/Globe Staff) #
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30. A couple run from the
scene of the
explosions with a
stroller. (Bill
Greene/Globe Staff)#
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31. A frightened child is taken from the scene of the
second explosion. (Bill Hoenk for the Boston Globe) #
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32. A man is helped with his
bleeding leg at the
scene of the first
explosion.(John
Tlumacki/Globe Staff) #
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33. President Barack Obama leaves the podium
after speaking at the White House following
the explosions at the Boston Marathon.
(Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press)#
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34. 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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35. 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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36. 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

37. 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 Reuter
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38. 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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39. 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
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40. 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
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41. 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
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42. 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
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43. 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
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44. 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
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45. 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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