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Numerous news agencies are now reporting that bomb—or possibly several bombs—explodedthere were several explosions near the finish line of this afternoon’s Boston Marathon at the Fairmount Copley Plaza Hotel. Boston.com reports that “multiple” people have been injured while The Boston Globe has the figure as “at least a dozen.” The damaged area, according to photos uploaded by onlookers and journalists to Twitter, appears chaotic, smokey, and partially evacuated. Horrifyingly, eyewitnesses have reported “blood everywhere.”


We will update as more information comes in; for breaking updates, see the Boston.com andBoston Globe Twitter feeds.


Update 3:30 p.m.: The Associated Press has more details on the explosions: “About three hours after the winners crossed the line, there was a loud explosion on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the photo bridge that marks the finish line. Another thunderous explosion could be heard a few seconds later.” Per CNN, nearby store windows and storefronts, on Boylston and Exeter Street, have been destroyed.

Talking Points Memo spoke with a witness who described the explosions as occurring “in two different locations less than a half mile apart, but both were above street level.”