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Breaking: The Boston Marathon Bombing, Here & Now

On Monday, April 15th Boston was rocked by two homemade bombs detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Three people were killed and more than two hundred and sixty were wounded, dozens of them suffered devastating injuries that required limb amputations. By Friday the suspects were identified as two men of Chechen origin. A manhunt ensued which led to an early morning shootout in which one of the suspects was killed. A  lock down of the Boston suburb of Watertown was ordered and the remaining suspect, 19 year old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was apprehended. Our submission contains highlights of our coverage of the event during our next five broadcasts.

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