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The Boston Marathon bombing occurred on April 15, 2013, during the annual Boston Marathon.

Two homemade bombs detonated near the finish line of the marathon, causing widespread death and injury. Three people were killed in the blasts, and more than 260 others were injured, including several who lost limbs. The explosions occurred within seconds of each other, causing chaos and panic among the marathon participants and spectators.

In the immediate aftermath of the explosions, a massive manhunt began for the perpetrators. The investigation quickly focused on two brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. A few days after the bombing, the Tsarnaev brothers also killed an MIT police officer, Sean Collier, which led to a dramatic chase and shootout with law enforcement in the Boston suburb of Watertown.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed during the confrontation with police. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev managed to escape but was found and captured later, hiding in a boat in a Watertown resident's backyard. He was wounded and taken into custody, marking the end of a tense and frightening period for the city of Boston and its surrounding communities.

In the trial that followed, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty of 30 charges, including use of a weapon of mass destruction and bombing a public place. He was sentenced to death, a sentence that was later overturned by an appeals court but is subject to further legal review.

Below are some death pictures and video, as well as general pictures and video, form the Boston Marathon explosion.

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Reuters, updated two minutes ago
Explosion near finish line of Boston Marathon: police

At least one explosion struck near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, police and witnesses said.

The explosion occurred as thousands of runners finished the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, with crowds watching and cheering at the finish.

Reporters in the media center heard a blast.

"There was an explosion, police, fire and EMS are on the scene. We have no indication of how many people are injured," a spokeswoman for the Boston Police Department said.

A spokesman for the Boston Marathon told reporters that no one would be allowed in or out of the hotel that was serving as headquarters for the event.

Mike Mitchell of Vancouver, Canada, a runner who had finished the race said he was looking back at the finish line and saw a "massive explosion."

Smoke rose 50 feet in the air, Mitchell said. People began running and screaming after hearing the noise, Mitchell said.

"Everybody freaked out," Mitchell said.

(Reporting by Scott Malone and Tim McLaughlin; Editing by Daniel Trotta and Grant McCool)

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Two explosions went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday as runners completed the race and thousands of people cheered them on. Witnesses told NBC News that there were widespread injuries, some severe.

Video from the finish line showed screams and an enormous cloud of white smoke, and about 20 seconds between the blasts. The Associated Press reported that bloody spectators were being carried to a medical tent that had been set up to care for tired runners.

Jackie Bruno, a reporter for New England Cable News, said on Twitter that she saw people’s legs blown off.

“Runners were coming in and saw unspeakable horror,” she said.

Massachusetts General Hospital said that it had four patients and was expecting more. Tufts Medical Center said it had one patient and two more on the way.

Serghino Rene, 30, who works in alumni relations, was volunteering near the finish line not long before the bombing but was a few blocks away when he heard the explosion.

“We saw two big puffs. I thought maybe it was fireworks. Then it went off again. And then all of a sudden we heard people crying and running away. It was a huge horde of people just running away,” he said. “We just got away from the scene and away from tall buildings. I’m scared and emotional. I’m wondering if there are people who I was volunteering with who were still there and got hurt.”

NBC affiliate WHDH said that storefront windows nearby were blown out.

President Barack Obama was notified, and his administration was in touch with state and local authorities, a White House official told NBC News. Obama directed the administration to provide whatever help was necessary, the official said.

The race is a signature event in Boston. Race organizers said that almost 27,000 runners competed, representing 96 countries. Tens of thousands of spectators turn out each year to watch. A special marker at the 26th mile of the course, yards from the finish, had been set up to honor the 26 dead in the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting last December.

The race began at 10 a.m., and the explosions were reported just before 3 p.m. The winners had long ago completed the race, but the explosions came as masses of other runners were approaching the finish.

Will Ritter, the spokesman for Massachusetts Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez, told NBC News that he heard what sounded like two explosions and saw smoke rising near the Boston Public Library. He said that he saw three fire engines and police running to the site.

“We heard two really large explosions in rapid succession, about a second apart from each other,” Ritter said. “Everybody kind of ducked and hit the ground.”

Janet Wu, a reporter for WHDH, told NBC News that she heard two loud explosions. A witness told WHDH that it sounded like cannon fire.

The AP reported that runners and race organizers were crying as they fled the scene. Runners who were still on the 26.2-mile course were being stopped and directed elsewhere, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said. The agency suggested that people trying to reach loved ones use text messaging because of crowded phone lines.

The Boston police bomb squad was en route. Police, fire and medical technicians were responding. New England Cable News reported that the emergency response came within seconds.

Federal authorities told NBC News that they had no immediate information. In New York, a spokesman told Reuters that police were deploying counterterrorism vehicles around landmarks, including prominent hotels.

The Boston transit system suspended some service.

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