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Police chase Boston bomb suspect | Police chase Boston bomb suspect |
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US police are hunting a suspect in Monday's deadly Boston Marathon bombing in a small town near the city. | US police are hunting a suspect in Monday's deadly Boston Marathon bombing in a small town near the city. |
A huge police operation started after an officer was shot dead on a university campus. | A huge police operation started after an officer was shot dead on a university campus. |
One suspect was killed during a car-chase and shoot-out in Watertown, six miles (10km) from Boston. | One suspect was killed during a car-chase and shoot-out in Watertown, six miles (10km) from Boston. |
Another suspect, shown in images from the Boston Marathon wearing a white baseball cap, was on the run in Watertown. | Another suspect, shown in images from the Boston Marathon wearing a white baseball cap, was on the run in Watertown. |
Police said in a statement the two men were suspected of killing a police officer on campus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) late on Thursday. | Police said in a statement the two men were suspected of killing a police officer on campus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) late on Thursday. |
They then stole a car at gunpoint and drove away with the car's owner still on board. | They then stole a car at gunpoint and drove away with the car's owner still on board. |
They later released the driver unharmed. | They later released the driver unharmed. |
The men threw bombs and traded gunfire with police before being stopped at Watertown. | The men threw bombs and traded gunfire with police before being stopped at Watertown. |
Witnesses heard several explosions and a gun-battle lasting 10 minutes. | |
Video footage emerged of a suspect lying on the floor, and later being led into a police car after being stripped of his clothes. | |
Police later said one suspect had been hit by bullets during the chase and later died. | |
It was unclear whether the arrested man was the suspect who had died. | |
Police also confirmed that an officer had been critically wounded in the chase. | |
Police later said they were looking for "suspect number two", the "white-capped individual". | Police later said they were looking for "suspect number two", the "white-capped individual". |
The FBI has released several images of two men they were hunting in relation to Monday's marathon bombing. | The FBI has released several images of two men they were hunting in relation to Monday's marathon bombing. |
One was wearing a white cap, the other had a black cap. | One was wearing a white cap, the other had a black cap. |
Boston police Commissioner Ed Davis said he believed the man being hunted in Watertown was a "terrorist". | Boston police Commissioner Ed Davis said he believed the man being hunted in Watertown was a "terrorist". |
"We believe this to be a man who came here to kill people," he said. | "We believe this to be a man who came here to kill people," he said. |
Three people were killed and more than 170 wounded when the two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. | |
The blasts killed Martin Richard, aged eight, Krystle Campbell, 29, and Lu Lingzi, 23, a postgraduate student from China. | |
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