Two explosions occurred near the Boston Marathon finish line on Boylston Street at approximately 2:30 p.m., resulting in 2 fatalities and around 110 injuries, including children. The bombs, identified as makeshift devices made from pressure cookers packed with nails and ball bearings, were placed in black duffel bags. A third explosion was reported at the JFK Library, which may have been unrelated. Authorities have identified a suspect, a Saudi national, who is currently under guard at a Boston hospital.
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CNN) -- Deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev participated in a 2011 gruesome triple homicide outside Boston along with a Chechen killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law enforcement official told CNN.
Ibragim Todashev, who died during the interview with authorities, not only confessed to his direct role in slashing the throats of three people in Waltham, Massachusetts, but also fingered Tsarnaev in the deaths, the official said Wednesday.
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Todashev was being interviewed in the kitchen of his Florida home. He grabbed a knife, which is why fatal force was used, according to a source briefed on the ongoing investigation.
"Preliminary information indicates the agent took actions to defend himself," said a federal law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the case.
"The agent sustained non-life-threatening injuries," FBI spokesman Jason Pack said.
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