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| Huge manhunt for Boston bomb suspect | Huge manhunt for Boston bomb suspect |
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| People across Boston and surrounding suburbs have been told to stay indoors amid a massive police manhunt for one of two brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings. | People across Boston and surrounding suburbs have been told to stay indoors amid a massive police manhunt for one of two brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings. |
| Police are hunting Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, after he escaped a shoot-out in which his brother died. | |
| "Stay indoors with the doors locked," the Massachusetts governor has said. | "Stay indoors with the doors locked," the Massachusetts governor has said. |
| Three people died and more than 170 were hurt when two bombs exploded near the finish line of Monday's marathon. | Three people died and more than 170 were hurt when two bombs exploded near the finish line of Monday's marathon. |
| The FBI released several images of two men they were hunting in relation to the bombing, one wearing a white cap, the other a black cap. | The FBI released several images of two men they were hunting in relation to the bombing, one wearing a white cap, the other a black cap. |
| Police said "suspect number one" had been killed early on Friday, and they were looking for "suspect number two", the "white-capped individual", later named as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. | Police said "suspect number one" had been killed early on Friday, and they were looking for "suspect number two", the "white-capped individual", later named as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. |
| Reports said the black-capped suspect - widely named in the US media as Tamerlan Tsarnaev - was the fugitive's elder brother. | Reports said the black-capped suspect - widely named in the US media as Tamerlan Tsarnaev - was the fugitive's elder brother. |
| Both are said to be of Chechen origin, and are reported to have moved to the United States about 10 years ago. | Both are said to be of Chechen origin, and are reported to have moved to the United States about 10 years ago. |
| Blast wounds | Blast wounds |
| The manhunt began late on Thursday when university police officer Sean Collier, 26, was killed on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus. | |
| Two men carjacked a driver at gunpoint and drove away with the driver still in the car. They later released the man unharmed. | Two men carjacked a driver at gunpoint and drove away with the driver still in the car. They later released the man unharmed. |
| Police chased the suspects, who threw bombs and exchanged gunfire with them, seriously wounding one officer. | |
| In the Boston suburb of Watertown, officers and the men were involved in a gun battle lasting 10 minutes, according to witnesses. | In the Boston suburb of Watertown, officers and the men were involved in a gun battle lasting 10 minutes, according to witnesses. |
| The authorities in Massachusetts Bay have suspended the transport system and no vehicles are being allowed in or out of the Watertown area. | The authorities in Massachusetts Bay have suspended the transport system and no vehicles are being allowed in or out of the Watertown area. |
| The warning to stay indoors was later extended to the whole of Boston, in what correspondents said was an unprecedented move. | The warning to stay indoors was later extended to the whole of Boston, in what correspondents said was an unprecedented move. |
| "Stay indoors with the doors locked, and do not open the door for anyone other than a properly identified law enforcement officer," Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick said on Friday morning. | "Stay indoors with the doors locked, and do not open the door for anyone other than a properly identified law enforcement officer," Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick said on Friday morning. |
| Gunshot wounds | Gunshot wounds |
| Overnight, video footage emerged showing a fully-clothed suspect lying on the floor, surrounded by police. More video was shown by US media of a suspect being led into a police car after being stripped of his clothes. | Overnight, video footage emerged showing a fully-clothed suspect lying on the floor, surrounded by police. More video was shown by US media of a suspect being led into a police car after being stripped of his clothes. |
| But it is not clear who the men were, or what happened after their apparent arrests. | But it is not clear who the men were, or what happened after their apparent arrests. |
| Dr Richard Wolfe, of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, said an individual was brought in with multiple blast and gunshot wounds to his upper body. | Dr Richard Wolfe, of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, said an individual was brought in with multiple blast and gunshot wounds to his upper body. |
| He was in cardiac arrest when he arrived at hospital and despite attempts to resuscitate him, he was pronounced dead at 01:35 (05:35 GMT), Dr Wolfe said. | He was in cardiac arrest when he arrived at hospital and despite attempts to resuscitate him, he was pronounced dead at 01:35 (05:35 GMT), Dr Wolfe said. |
| The authorities were investigating whether the dead man had a home-made bomb strapped to his body when he was killed, reports said. | The authorities were investigating whether the dead man had a home-made bomb strapped to his body when he was killed, reports said. |
| Boston police Commissioner Ed Davis said he believed the man being hunted in the Watertown area was a "terrorist". | Boston police Commissioner Ed Davis said he believed the man being hunted in the Watertown area 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. |
| A man identifying himself as the father of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was quoted by the Associated Press as saying that his son was a second-year medical student in the US. | |
| "He is such an intelligent boy. We expected him to come on holidays here," Anzor Tsarnaev told AP from the Russian city of Makhachkala. | "He is such an intelligent boy. We expected him to come on holidays here," Anzor Tsarnaev told AP from the Russian city of Makhachkala. |
| Monday's attack on the Boston Marathon killed Martin Richard, aged eight, Krystle Campbell, 29, and Lu Lingzi, 23, a postgraduate student from China. | Monday's attack on the Boston Marathon killed Martin Richard, aged eight, Krystle Campbell, 29, and Lu Lingzi, 23, a postgraduate student from China. |
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