Man Arrested for Leaving a ‘Hoax Device’ at Boston Marathon Finish Line
Two blasts near the Boston Marathon finish line on Tuesday were an eerie reminder of last year’s terror attacks.
A barefoot man wearing a black hat and a black veil toted a backpack down Boylston Street, chanting “Boston strong, Boston strong,” eyewitnesses told The Boston Herald. He left two packs near the site where three people died last year after two bombs exploded.
About 9 p.m. the Massachusetts State Police bomb squad detonated one bag, which turned out to be carrying a rice cooker filled with confetti, sources told CBS News. The second bag, destroyed about 40 minutes later, may have contained photo equipment, sources said.
Boston police said the bags were “disrupted for precautionary reasons.”
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