The NY Times is reporting three other unexploded devices, including one in Newton outside Boston

[JaneyVee]

BOSTON — Two bombs exploded near the finish line at the Boston Marathon on Monday, leaving two people dead and dozens more wounded.

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Police officials said they did not yet have any suspects in custody. A person briefed on preliminary developments in the investigation said that members of Boston’s Joint Terrorist Task Force were at Brigham and Women’s Hospital interviewing a wounded man seen running from the scene of the two blasts, near 671 Boylston Street. The person said that police investigators had contacted the local gas and electric company and determined that the explosions were not related to gas or electrical service.

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The authorities also found a device at St. James and Trinity Streets that did not explode, the person said, and two other devices were found, including one in Newton, outside of Boston.


Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/us/explosions-reported-at-site-of-boston-marathon.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp
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Not familiar with Boston metro, is Newton outside the marathon area? Could it be symbolic as in Newtown?

[reformist2]

1. It could have been along the marathon route, which goes through Newton.

[JaneyVee]

3. Okay, thanks, not familiar with area. Thankfully these 3 did not detonate.

[Mass]

8. They did not detonate ... or they did not exist.

Frankly, the media has been reporting a lot of things that were debunked by the Police Commissioner and the FBI.

[WilliamPitt]

2. Newton is about five miles due west.

Exit 17 on the Pike...and the post above is correct; a lot of the marathon goes through Newton.

[JaneyVee]

5. Thanks for info, original source I got it from was a Mother Jones tweet unsure if Newton was in

Marathon route also: https://twitter.com/MotherJones/status/323940598136573952

[virgogal]

4. The Marathon runs through Newton--always has. No symbolism here.

[Recursion]

6. Newton is home of the oddly-named Boston College; it's right next to Brighton

... which is part of Boston. It's a normal part of the marathon route.

[MannyGoldstein]

11. Well, *part* of BC is in Boston.

Most of it, I think.

[Mass]

7. The police commissioner says they have not found any other device.

They explained that they were treating every object as suspect, and were detonating some, but they had not found anything.

Would it not be great if papers did not report without knowing. I just guess it is too hard, even for the NYTimes.

[kestrel91316]

9. Wow. Did somebody confuse Newton MA with Newtown CT?? That might point

even more toward a RWer, since they are typically confused when it comes to actual facts.

[Codeine]

14. .

[MannyGoldstein]

10. I live in Newton. We're on the Boston border.

Heartbreak hill is here, most years we hang out to watch the runners. This year we didn't.

Very laid back, almost zero security in the past, lots of locals cheering and handing out water. Sounds like the laid-back days will now become a distant memory.

Here's a link: http://belmont.patch.com/articles/boston-marathon-2013-the-view-from-newtons-heartbreak-hill-photos#video-13998580

Fuck. So bad, in so many ways.

[JaneyVee]

12. Thanks for the info. Hope everyone you know is safe.

[avaistheone1]

13. Just said on CBS Evening News there was a third device that was planted

under the grand stand that did not explode.