The Boston bombing

One suspect in Boston bombing arrested - Boston Globe

RT,

19 April, 2013

One of the people suspected by the FBI of being behind the Boston Marathon bombings is reportedly in custody. Meanwhile, a victim of the bombings who had his legs mangled by the explosion has identified a suspected bomber to the FBI.

The arrest of the suspect in the Monday attack was revealed by an official cited by The Boston Globe.

The other chief suspect remains on the loose in Watertown after a firefight with police, the newspaper reports.

The firefight ensued after an MIT police officer was shot and killed on Friday morning, and fellow officers followed the lead of an apparent carjacking.

Boston's WHDH TV news says one of the men who were chased by the police has been shot dead.

A 20-block perimeter was established as the manhunt for the second suspect continues.

AN UPDATE:

Much more true-to-form that the suspect be shot to death instead of being arrested

Boston police say ‘white hat suspect’ at large, second suspect dead

Globe and Mail,

18 April, 2013

Police say one of two suspects in the shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer is dead and a massive manhunt is underway for another, who is believed to be tied to the Boston Marathon bombing.

Shortly after the MIT officer was shot dead Thursday night, police got a report of a carjacking in Cambridge, just outside Boston. One of the two suspects in that officer’s shooting died in hospital after a shootout with police.

Police say of the at-large suspect, “We believe this to be a terrorist.”

The Boston police commissioner told a press conference that the “white hat suspect” is at large, the second suspect is dead.

The MIT shooting on the Cambridge campus Thursday night was followed by reports of violence in nearby Watertown, about 16 kilometres west of Boston.

State police spokesman David Procopio had said there was a “strong possibility” the incidents are related.

The MIT officer was responding to report of a disturbance Thursday night when he was shot multiple times, according to a statement from the Middlesex district attorney’s office and Cambridge police. It said there were no other victims.

In Watertown, witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots and explosions at about 1 a.m. Friday. Dozens of police officers and FBI agents were in the neighbourhood and a helicopter circled overhead.

State police spokesman David Procopio said, “The incident in Watertown did involve what we believe to be explosive devices possibly, potentially, being used against the police officers.”

Boston cab driver Imran Saif said he was standing on a street corner at a police barricade across from a diner when he heard an explosion.

“I heard a loud boom and then a rapid succession of pop, pop, pop,” he said. “It sounded like automatic weapons. And then I heard the second explosion.”

He said he could smell something burning and advanced to check it out but area residents at their windows yelled at him, “Hey, it’s gunfire! Don’t go that way!”

MIT said right after the 10:30 p.m. shooting that police were sweeping the campus in Cambridge and urged people to remain indoors. They urged people urged to stay away from the Stata Building, a mixed-use building with faculty offices, classrooms and a common area.

Hours later, MIT, which has about 11,000 students, said the campus was clear but the shooter was still on the loose.