Boston Marathon bombing of 2013: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	April 15, 2013
Location	Boston • Massachusetts • United States
Participants	Dzhokhar Tsarnaev • Tamerlan Tsarnaev

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Map showing key locations and events related to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing in the Boston, Cambridge, and Watertown areas of Massachusetts. Numbered markers indicate where the two explosions occurred near the marathon finish line, the fatal shooting of an MIT police officer, a carjacking, a carjacking victim's escape, the death of one suspect after a firefight, and the capture of the second suspect in Watertown. Major roads, the Charles River, and landmarks such as the Massachusetts Institu

Smoke billows over Boylston Street near the finish line of the Boston Marathon as runners, officials, and spectators react and move away from the explosions.

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