Boston blasts kill 3, atleast 140 injured

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The two bomb blasts in Boston, that killed at least three people besides leaving over 130 injured, are being approached as a terrorist attack by the US authorities, a White House official has said.

"Any event with multiple explosive devices, as this appears to be, is clearly an act of terror, and will be approached as an act of terror," the official said on condition of anonymity, as he was not authorised to speak to the press.


"However, we don't yet know who carried out the attack and a thorough investigation will have to determine whether it was planned and carried out by a terrorist group, foreign or domestic," he added.

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President Barack Obama, however, did not say anything on whether the blasts were an act of terror.

"We still do not know who did this or why. And people shouldn't jump to conclusions before we have all the facts. But make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this," Obama said.

While Obama refrained from declaring it as a terrorist attack, several lawmakers were quick to pronounce it that way.




"My understanding is that it's a terrorist incident," Senator Dianne Feinstein, Chairperson of the Senate Intelligence Committee told reporters.

"In my judgement, this has all the hallmarks of an act of terrorism, but we do not know for sure who did it," the House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said.

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