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backpack and fragments of B Bs and
nails, possibly contained in a pres-
sure cooker. He said the items were
sent to the FBI for analysis at
Quantico, Va.
Pressure-cooker explosives have
been used in international terror­
ism, and have been recommended
for lone-wolf operatives by Al-
Qaida's branch in Yemen. But infor­
mation on how to make the bombs is
readily found online, and U.S. offi­
cials said Americans should not rush
to judgment in linking the attack to
overseas terrorists.
The bombs exploded 10 or more
seconds apart, tearing off victims'
limbs and spattering streets with
blood, instantly turning the festive
race into a hellish scene of confu­
sion, horror and heroics.
The blasts killed 8-year-old Mar­
tin Richard of Boston, 29-year-old
Krystle Cam pbell of M edford,
Mass., and a third victim whose
name has not been released.
D o c to rs w ho tre a te d the
wounded corroborated reports that
the bombs were packed with shrap­
nel intended to cause mayhem.
"We've removed BBs and we've
removed nails from kids. One of the
sickest things for me was just to see
nails sticking out of a little girl's
body," said Dr. David Mooney, di­
rector of the trauma center at Bos­
ton Children's Hospital.
At Massachusetts General Hos­
pital, all four amputations performed
there were above the knee, with no
hope of saving more of the legs,
said Dr. George Velmahos, chief of
trauma surgery.
It wasn t a hard decision to
m ake,"hesaid. "We just completed
the ugly job that the bomb did."
In the wake of the attack, security
was stepped up around the White
been used in Afghanistan, India,
Nepal and Pakistan, according to a
July 2010 intelligence report by the
FBI and the Homeland Security
Department. One of the three de­
vices used in the May 2010 Times
House and across the country. Po­ Square attempted bombing was a
lice massed at federal buildings and pressure cooker, the report said.
transit centers in the nation's capi-
"Placed carefully, such devices
tai, critical response teams deployed provide little or no indication of an
in New YorkCity, and security offic- impending attack," the report said,
April 17, 2013
nied any part in the Boston M ara­
thon attack.
Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen gave
a detailed description of how to make
a bomb using a pressure cooker in a
2010 issue of Inspire, its English-
language online publication aimed at
would-be terrorists acting alone.
In a chapter titled "Make a bomb
in the kitchen of your mom," it says
"the pressurized cooker is the most
lance tapes and pictures from the
Boston attack and appealing to the
public to turn over personal photos
and video that might yield clues.
"This is probably one of the most
photographed areas in the country
yesterday," said Boston Police
Commissioner Edward Davis. He
said two security sweeps of the
marathon route had been conducted
before the bombing.
People react after two bombs g o o ff 1 5 seconds apart at the Boston Marathon Monday. The explosions killed three people and
wounded more than 17 0 and reawakened fears o f terrorism. (AP photo)
ers with bomb-sniffing dogs spread
through Chicago's Union Station.
HomelandSecurity Secretary Janet
Napolitano urged Americans "to be
vigilant and to listen to directions
from state and local officials. "But she
said there was no evidence the bomb-
ings were part of a wider plot.
Pressure-cooker explosives have
"We will go to the ends of the
Earth to identify the subject or sub-
jects who are responsible for this
despicable crime, and we will do
everything we can to bring them to
justice," the FBI's DesLauriers said,
The Pakistani Taliban, which
claimed responsibility for the 2010
attem pt in Tim es Square, has de-
effective method" formakingasimple
bomb, and it provides directions.
Naser Jason Abdo, a former U.S.
soldier, was sentenced to life in
prison last year after being con-
O bam a said officials do not
know who carried out the attack
or w hy,"w hether it was planned
and executed by a terrorist orga-
nization, foreign or dom estic, or
victed of planning to use a pair of was the act o f a m alevolent indi­
bombs made from pressure cookers vidual." But he said "any time
in an attack on a Texas restaurant bombs are used to target innocent
frequented by soldiers. He was civilians, it is an act o f terror." And
he declared: "The American people
found with the Inspire article.
Investigators are combing surveil- refuse to be terrorized."
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