at the Boston Marathon. Authorities have a identified a suspect, who is currently being

guarded in a Boston hospital with shrapnel wounds. As you can see from these images,

the blasts occurred nearly simultaneously. Numerous reports of gruesome injuries began

popping up instantly on Twitter. The motive for the attacks is unclear at this point,

but it is important to note for context that it is Patriot's Day in Boston--a civic holiday

marking the anniversary of the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. Today is

also April 15, tax day in America. The race was dedicated to the victims of December's

Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. We'll have more for you on this

developing story as more becomes known. The Atlantic wire is linked below, they seem to

be the best source on this breaking story using a range of different media updated constantly.