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FBI probing Boston blasts as 'act of terror' - Americas - Al Jazeera English
Obama calls deadly marathon explosions "heinous and cowardly" as Massachusetts authorities appeal for images or audio.
US President Barack Obama has confirmed the FBI is investigating the Boston bombings as an "act of terror".
He said at a brief news conference on Tuesday that investigators had yet to find a culprit for the two bombings at Monday's Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured 176.
Authorities served a warrant on a suburban Boston home and appealed on Tuesday for any images or audio of the blasts.
The explosions took place about 10 seconds and about 90 metres apart, knocking spectators and at least one runner off their feet.
The explosives were made of pressure cookers packed with metal and ball bearings, a person briefed on the investigation revealed on the condition of anonymity.
The person said the explosives were in six-litre pressure cookers and placed in black duffel bags that were placed on the ground; the bags contained shards of metal, nails and ball bearings.
'Voluminous tips'
Richard DesLauriers, FBI agent in charge in Boston, said earlier that investigators had received "voluminous tips" and were interviewing witnesses and were analysing the crime scene.
Obama, who said authorities still did not know who was responsible, called the bombing "a heinous and cowardly act" used to target innocent civilians.
The chief FBI agent in Boston pledged "we will go to the ends of the Earth" to find whoever carried out the deadly attack on one of the city's most famous civic holidays, Patriots Day.
Deval Patrick, governor of Massachusetts, said that no unexploded bombs were found at the Boston Marathon. He said the only explosives were the ones that went off on Monday.
WBZ-TV reported late on Monday that law-enforcement officers were searching an apartment in the Boston suburb of Revere.
Massachusetts state police confirmed that a search warrant related to the investigation into the explosions was served Monday on night in Revere, but provided no further details.
Some investigators were seen leaving the Revere house early on Tuesday carrying brown paper bags, plastic trash bags and a duffel bag.
Critical condition
Dr Stephen Epstein of the emergency medicine department at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, said that he saw an X-ray of one victim's leg that had "what appears to be small, uniform, round objects throughout it - similar in the appearance to BBs", referring to ball bearings.
Police said three people were killed.
Eight-year-old Martin Richard was among the dead. The boy's mother, Denise, and six-year-old sister, Jane, were badly injured in the blasts.
Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said 176 bombing victims were brought to hospitals around the city, and 17 were in a critical condition.
At least eight children were being treated at hospitals.
The Boston Marathon is one of the world's oldest and famous races and about 23,000 runners had taken part.
Obama calls deadly marathon explosions "heinous and cowardly" as Massachusetts authorities appeal for images or audio.
US President Barack Obama has confirmed the FBI is investigating the Boston bombings as an "act of terror".
He said at a brief news conference on Tuesday that investigators had yet to find a culprit for the two bombings at Monday's Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured 176.
Authorities served a warrant on a suburban Boston home and appealed on Tuesday for any images or audio of the blasts.
The explosions took place about 10 seconds and about 90 metres apart, knocking spectators and at least one runner off their feet.
The explosives were made of pressure cookers packed with metal and ball bearings, a person briefed on the investigation revealed on the condition of anonymity.
The person said the explosives were in six-litre pressure cookers and placed in black duffel bags that were placed on the ground; the bags contained shards of metal, nails and ball bearings.
'Voluminous tips'
Richard DesLauriers, FBI agent in charge in Boston, said earlier that investigators had received "voluminous tips" and were interviewing witnesses and were analysing the crime scene.
Obama, who said authorities still did not know who was responsible, called the bombing "a heinous and cowardly act" used to target innocent civilians.
The chief FBI agent in Boston pledged "we will go to the ends of the Earth" to find whoever carried out the deadly attack on one of the city's most famous civic holidays, Patriots Day.
Deval Patrick, governor of Massachusetts, said that no unexploded bombs were found at the Boston Marathon. He said the only explosives were the ones that went off on Monday.
WBZ-TV reported late on Monday that law-enforcement officers were searching an apartment in the Boston suburb of Revere.
Massachusetts state police confirmed that a search warrant related to the investigation into the explosions was served Monday on night in Revere, but provided no further details.
Some investigators were seen leaving the Revere house early on Tuesday carrying brown paper bags, plastic trash bags and a duffel bag.
Critical condition
Dr Stephen Epstein of the emergency medicine department at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, said that he saw an X-ray of one victim's leg that had "what appears to be small, uniform, round objects throughout it - similar in the appearance to BBs", referring to ball bearings.
Police said three people were killed.
Eight-year-old Martin Richard was among the dead. The boy's mother, Denise, and six-year-old sister, Jane, were badly injured in the blasts.
Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said 176 bombing victims were brought to hospitals around the city, and 17 were in a critical condition.
At least eight children were being treated at hospitals.
The Boston Marathon is one of the world's oldest and famous races and about 23,000 runners had taken part.
