Numerous people are dead and dozens are injured after two explosions rocked the finish line
at the Boston Marathon.
Authorities have a identified a suspect, who is currently being guarded in a Boston hospital
with shrapnel wounds.
As you can see from these images, the blasts occurred nearly simultaneously.
Numerous reports of gruesome injuries began popping up instantly on Twitter.
The motive for the attacks is unclear at this point, but it is important to note for context
that it is Patriot's Day in Boston--a civic holiday marking the anniversary of the first
battles of the American Revolutionary War.
Today is also April 15, tax day in America.
The race was dedicated to the victims of December's Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown,
Connecticut.
We'll have more for you on this developing story as more becomes known.
The Atlantic wire is linked below, they seem to be the best source on this breaking story
using a range of different media updated constantly.