Shooting reported on MIT campus

[HagridOfTheDeep]

My twitter feed just came up with this doozy:

"BREAKING NEWS - 2 RUSSIAN NATIONALS PULLED OVER IN NIAGARA FALLS, 4 SUSPICIOUS BACKPACKS IN THE TRUNK. BOMB SQUAD AND FBI HEADING IN!"

[Peeperkorn]

I looked in their eyes and saw three letters: K-G-B.

[rejectamenta]

For some reason I'm most curious about the other name floating around that was completely wrong: Mike Mulugeta. I get the Sunil Tripathi flub, given the publicity of his disappearance, his uncanny resemblance to the blurry FBI photos, and the fact that a former classmate of his stated unequivocally that it was him on Twitter, but the other name (Ethiopian, apparently) was first mentioned on police scanners as far as I know.

[Mr. Morden]

More interviews with people who know/knew Dzhokhar:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/former-classmates-shocked-by-boston-bombers-crimes

[Mr. Morden]

I'm reading stuff on twitter about a possible third accomplice or maybe just a family member who police are looking for.  Train searched in Norwalk, CT, according to ABC News:

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/325246363145236481

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[Peeperkorn]

For some reason I'm most curious about the other name floating around that was completely wrong: Mike Mulugeta.

I think that that was 4chan trolling.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

He's dead, he knows he's dead, so he's likely going to try to destroy something along with himself. At least, if he and his brother were planning what they were planning last night with the explosives, that's what he would do.

[Mr. Morden]

The pics of the Boston area on Twitter show a ghost town.  At the police's request, everyone's inside, leaving empty streets:

[Hash]

Stuff about a suspected grey Honda CRV now.

edit: this is getting confusing. The guy is in a car and in a house with a suicide vest at the same time? The media is confused.

[Brittain33]

Stuff about a suspected grey Honda CRV now.

edit: this is getting confusing. The guy is in a car and in a house with a suicide vest at the same time? The media is confused.

Makes sense to me, they are pursuing all potential angles.

[Mr. Morden]

https://twitter.com/dandrezner/status/325254055171604480

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Reddit sez:

Per scanner: they got him.

Sounds like they got him but he has a 'transmitter'...

Just arrested a 50-60 year old white male with a device in his jacket

And now WCVB says the press is evacuated because of a bomb threat in the area (Arsenal Street).

[Hash]

sh**t is getting real guys. Seems more intense than at any point since I got here this morning.

And sorry for liveblogging like 20RP12, I promise I won't post pictures of dogs.

[Beet]

Well this has certainly been dramatic.

[ilikeverin]

He's dead, he knows he's dead, so he's likely going to try to destroy something along with himself.

And he helped kill his brother last night when he ran him over.  That too.

[Mr. Morden]

NBC showing live interview with their uncle.  The guy is quite a character.  Calls his nephews "losers".

[Peeperkorn]

Uncle of suspects calling them "losers" lol.

[Beet]

Uncle of suspects calling them "losers" lol.

Assuming he didn't know anything about this beforehand, I feel bad for him. It must be pretty sucky to have family members who become terrorists.

[Hash]

Uncle of suspects calling them "losers" lol.

Assuming he didn't know anything about this beforehand, I feel bad for him. It must be pretty sucky to have family members who become terrorists.

It seems as if he wasn't on good terms with them (not sure where I read this) and lived pretty far away, in MD. So if he's a regular good guy, then he would definitely feel horrible.

[Mehmentum]

Wow, went to bed around midnight not long after hearing about a police officer had been shot, I woke up this morning to this disaster.

[Tender Branson]

So, Chechens ?

Well, not that far away from the Egypt, Arabian peninsula, Pakistan belt that I thought they were from.

And they are still looking for him ? He could be anywhere right now ...

[Tender Branson]

Just turned into the 7News live stream again and neighbours said that a few years ago, the 2 were dressed normal, then a year ago or so the older brother started to dress like a Taliban/conservative Muslim and then 1 month ago switched back to a normal dressing style and shaved off his beard again.

[7,052,770]

The Tea party is calling this another Al Qaeda attack. Is there any evidence?  Or even this is Islam-related?

[Tender Branson]

The Tea party is calling this another Al Qaeda attack. Is there any evidence?  Or even this is Islam-related?

Islam-related most likely (see what I posted just above, if true), Al-Qaida very likely not.

Maybe not Islam-related in a way that their "hate" is directed against America, but their "hate" directed against Russia for more autonomy for Chechnia or independence for that region. And they carried it out in the US simply because they lived there.

[Peeperkorn]

The Tea party is calling this another Al Qaeda attack. Is there any evidence?  Or even this is Islam-related?

Suspects internet history showed participation in radical islam forums.

I would not be surprised if they were recluted by a third person with more contacts with Islam radicalism.