Actually, truth be told that mailbox may have saved life or limb for those fortunate enough to have it between them and the blast

USPS mailboxes are insanely strong.

FBI released photos of the SUSPECTED persons of interest in the bombing...if we solve this we might be thrown a pizza party by the FBI.

http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-i...t-2-zoomed-out

http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-i...by-ear-circled

http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-i...e-view-circled

A picture was found after the explosion of the white dude running away...without a backpack.

http://i.imgur.com/NFPlOCI.jpg

Honestly it's only a matter of time until the white kid gets caught. Those are pretty defined features.

This is almost right on schedule with the time table. Let's see if they catch him on Friday.

The white guy weirdly looks like that one dude from Smosh. Also, eerily kind of like my friend's roommate when he went to an arts school in Boston. I hope to God it's not the latter.

But there's no real scenario where the person is not going to be given attention. If someone lets a bomb off on American soil there's no way it won't be made a big deal of. The only way to stop the "terrorists" or "ego maniacs" from winning is by preventing them from doing it in the first place. I know that the police and FBI have prevented heaps of attacks planned to be let off in America, including hijackings.

Including one in my home town a few years ago

Wow that's great that they prevented it, see this is what I mean, the resources need to be kept up to ensure less people get away with their plans. It sickens me that that one was going to be at a Christmas tree lighting, there would be children everywhere who either die, lose limbs and miss Christmas. And imagine trying to deal with the devastation of losing a partner or your child during Christmas. What the hell is wrong with people?

There was also this guy here in Washington State

They prevented several in my area. We have both an oil renfinery and a steel factory. Didn't go over too favorably, but both are still here, albeit it blacked by mapquest.

One day, on my way to work, a plane was flying WAY too low, and I immediately assumed terrorist attack. There was nothing on the news, nothing damaged, and when I drove home, the refinery was unblemished.

Still concerned about it.

At least one of the bastards got what was coming to him. Let's hope they kill the other one too before he manages to hurt anyone else. ****ing cowards.

This is f*cking insane. Reports are that they are brothers. Older one who was 20 is dead from an explosion strapped to his chest and Boston/Watertown is on complete lockdown. They are searching door to door for "white hat" who is only 19 years old!

I'm hoping they catch him alive so we can find out if anyone else was involved, though I doubt that's going to happen.

Death by shootout is too good for them imo, but then so long as no more people are hurt I guess it shouldn't matter.

Dont know how anyone could do this!

It's not just Boston and Watertown that are shut down, it's also Cambridge, Belmont, Waltham and Newton, plus the entire public transportation system, one of the largest in the country, has been shut down.

I've been away in Denmark for a few days and have completely missed out on all news, so without trawling through this thread, who was actually responsible? Some more of America's home-made terrorists or somebody else?

We don't know yet. But judging by the fact that they were crudely made bombs (in pressure cookers or some ****), everyone is thinking homegrown terrorism.

The two kids are from Chechnya Russia but they have been living in the states for about a year. They most likely acted on their own.

They're Chechnyans.

The BBC here are confirming they are indeed brothers. They source the uncle.
Chechnya is predominantly Muslim. Not jumping to conclusions btw.

Oh wow, that's random. I haven't turned on the TV yet so I didn't know they had new developments.

Apparently the one who's still on the loose drove over his own brother to escape police. Fucking psychopath.

Maybe he wanted to kill him so he wouldn't say anything?

BBC seems to be saying they've been in the U.S since 2001?

Apparently the older one was interviewed for a boxing match he was in last year and he claimed to have "no American friends". How the hell can you live in a place for over a decade and not have any friends there?

Also, he apparently did mention that he's a Muslim in that same interview.

Really? Yeah that's pretty mental, but then it also makes sense why nobody came forward if nobody knew who they were...if the 10 years quoted is right anyway. It's a BBC Moscow correspondent saying "Ahem! If you are a Chechen from Kyrgyzstan, lived briefly in Dagestan, then lived in America for 10 yrs+. The connection to Chechnya is slim" on twitter, no idea if that's from Russian information, I checked the main BBC site and it echoes what djchameleon says "at least one year"

I guess me and that reporter have a different definition of what constitutes a slim connection. I would think if your entire family is from a place, that's a pretty big connection. My wife, for example, only lived in Jamaica for a year but it's where her entire family is from and it's a very big part of who she is as a person.

He might've ran over him after he was already severely wounded from the gun fight.

The brother that got away is blaming the cops for killing his brother and threatening to kill everyone because of it.

It seems like anybody with Chechen connections is a potential terrorist these days, but most Chechen terror groups tend to direct their acts of agression to Russia. This is the first I've seen directed at the USA.

Can't argue with that. If the younger kid was 9 when he moved, you might understand a lesser link. But living in a country for your first 17 and most formative years...Still, as Unknown Soldier says, unusual for Chechens to target the U.S. Perhaps the reporter meant there was less of a link to terrorist organisations in Chechnya, which makes sense as they have a more localised agenda. But the reporter himself seemed a bit...I dunno, immature or inappropriate? Starting the sentence with "Ahem" for instance.

Yeah exactly. My boyfriend has been here for three years now but most of his family and friends are still in Serbia. You never lose your connection to places you've lived.

Where did that report come from? There are about 5000 law enforcement officials crawling the area. I don't know how he would "make a statement." He's on the run.

It came over the Boston Police scanner

He could also make a statement online with twitter or something but that's just a plain stupid thing to do

It looks like they think they may have the rat on the run in Watertown.

SWAT teams hunt for bomber in Watertown, suspect vehicle found unoccupied | Boston Herald

All hell has already broken loose, because of that asshole's son. Their father can go fuck himself.

Agreed. I like his Uncle tho

Right ... so does that imply that, should this murdering prick die, his father will take up their "cause" to avenge him? Or is he saying there will be repercussions against America? ****ing stupid thing to say really, considering the hurt that little wanker has already caused so many families in Boston. Who the hell cares if he dies, and if that's seen as some sort of threat then the father should be arrested.

Agree it's better if he's captured alive so that motive can be ascertained, but put up against the possibility he'll kill more while on the run, I think the "mad dog" solution is the only one: put the mother****er down now, before it's too late.

Wonder what Russia has to say about any of this, or if they've been asked?