karl
April 17th, 2013, 01:02 PM
An arrest has been made in the Boston marathon bombing and it is believed the suspect will soon be brought to court after a 'dark-skinned male' was identified from two separate videos provided to the FBI.
This afternoon, the FBI announced there had been 'substantial progress' in the investigation after they analyzed surveillance footage from the Lord and Taylor department store and revealed it showed the person planting the second bomb.
Because of that video - and local news footage - authorities were able to get exactly what they have been looking for - someone coming in and dropping a package before quickly walking away again.
It is as yet unclear whether a suspect has been located and apprehended or just identified.
It also emerged today that the force of the first blast at the marathon was so strong, the lid of the pressure cooker bomb was found on the sixth-floor roof of a hotel 35 yards away from the explosion site and is now a vital clue in the investigation.
A guest at the Charlesmark Hotel discovered the crucial piece of evidence just minutes after the blast. He picked up the twisted metal – believing it was a hubcap from a vehicle damaged in the bomb – and gave it to a policeman.
Twenty-four hours later he was quizzed by FBI agents, who revealed the mangled metal was one of biggest clues so far in the search for the terrorists who killed three and injured 183 others.
See full story here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2310596/Boston-bombings-latest-Arrest-Boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-brought-court.html#ixzz2QkENeZzt
And here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22190353
This afternoon, the FBI announced there had been 'substantial progress' in the investigation after they analyzed surveillance footage from the Lord and Taylor department store and revealed it showed the person planting the second bomb.
Because of that video - and local news footage - authorities were able to get exactly what they have been looking for - someone coming in and dropping a package before quickly walking away again.
It is as yet unclear whether a suspect has been located and apprehended or just identified.
It also emerged today that the force of the first blast at the marathon was so strong, the lid of the pressure cooker bomb was found on the sixth-floor roof of a hotel 35 yards away from the explosion site and is now a vital clue in the investigation.
A guest at the Charlesmark Hotel discovered the crucial piece of evidence just minutes after the blast. He picked up the twisted metal – believing it was a hubcap from a vehicle damaged in the bomb – and gave it to a policeman.
Twenty-four hours later he was quizzed by FBI agents, who revealed the mangled metal was one of biggest clues so far in the search for the terrorists who killed three and injured 183 others.
See full story here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2310596/Boston-bombings-latest-Arrest-Boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-brought-court.html#ixzz2QkENeZzt
And here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22190353