Friday 19 April 2013

Boston bombing suspect caught, the other still on the run


One of the Boston bombing suspects was in custody this morning and another on the loose after a dramatic shootout in the suburbs of the city - a 20 block perimeter has been set up while the look for him.

Explosions and machine gun fire rocked the Watertown area hours after a police officer was shot dead on the MIT campus and a wild car chase tore through the city.

Boston descended into chaos on Friday morning as police dramatically held a suspect at gunpoint after multiple shots and explosions were heard in the suburb of Watertown


The drama unfolded hours after the FBI released images of two men named as suspects in the deadly Boston marathon attacks and the Boston Globe has said the two men involved in this evenings shoot-out are those same men.

Police screamed at reporters on the scene to turn off phones 'if they want to live' as they hunted for the suspects - fearful that improvised explosives could be remotely detonated.

Dozens of police officers, FBI agents, national guard, K-9 units and SWAT teams rushed to Watertown after midnight after a reported car chase involving the two suspects in a black 2013 Mercedes.

One of the Boston bombing suspects was in custody this morning and another on the loose after a dramatic shootout in the suburbs of the city - a 20 block perimeter has been set up while the look for him.

Explosions and machine gun fire rocked the Watertown area hours after a police officer was shot dead on the MIT campus and a wild car chase tore through the city.

Boston descended into chaos on Friday morning as police dramatically held a suspect at gunpoint after multiple shots and explosions were heard in the suburb of Watertown

The drama unfolded hours after the FBI released images of two men named as suspects in the deadly Boston marathon attacks and the Boston Globe has said the two men involved in this evenings shoot-out are those same men.

Police screamed at reporters on the scene to turn off phones 'if they want to live' as they hunted for the suspects - fearful that improvised explosives could be remotely detonated.

Dozens of police officers, FBI agents, national guard, K-9 units and SWAT teams rushed to Watertown after midnight after a reported car chase involving the two suspects in a black 2013 Mercedes.


Source: DailyMailUK

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