Two explosions occurred near the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday afternoon. The news and images, including some graphic photos, unfolded on social media just before 3 p.m. According to a tweet from the Boston Police Department, 23 people were injured and two are dead. CNN reports as many as 49 injured. A live feed, hosted by CBS, of the finish line continues to show the aftermath of the explosion, including emergency vehicles and crew on the scene.
Twitter users shared graphic images of the scene. Mashable will refrain from sharing overly graphic images in the Storify below, however, you can follow these links to tweets, if you choose. WARNING — graphic images: from @JackieBrunoNECN8m, @theoriginalwak, @brm90, Vine user Doug, the AP; an especially detailed video with audio of the explosion at Boston.com.
At approximately 3:50, The Boston Marathon posted to Facebook:
There were two bombs that exploded near the finish line in today's Boston Marathon. We are working with law enforcement to understand what exactly has happened.
Boston Police said shortly after 4 p.m., approximately one hour after the explosions, that Boylston Street, the scene of the explosions was cleared. All off-duty police officers were also activated, and K-9 and SWAT units were on the scene. Boston Police confirmed a third explosion at the JFK Library (UPDATE: Police say the JFK incident was a fire and unrelated to the marathon explosions). Authorities have discovered other suspicious packages in the area and have detonated controlled explosions.
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