Photos collated on the 4chan website show numerous images of
suspicious individuals wearing large backpacks present at the scene of
the Boston Marathon bombings.
Three of the men appear to be Arab or Middle Eastern in appearance, whereas another two of the individuals are white.
The images show the men looking away from the marathon runners,
talking on cellphones and running from the scene immediately after the
blast.
Remains of one of the backpacks are also photographed yards from
where one of the bombs exploded. The FBI states that at least one of the
pressure cooker devices used in the bombing was housed in a backpack.
Some of these men may have merely been victims, but the image of the
two men standing together wearing the same clothes and carrying heavy
backpacks and wearing credentials suggests they may have been involved
in a drill or in the actual attack. One of individuals, a white man
whose backpack was found at the scene of the bombing, looks badly
dressed and disheveled.
CNN is now reporting that authorities have identified one of the
suspects involved in the attack by means of “video from a department
store near the site of the second explosion” and “video from a Boston
television station.”
The Boston Globe also reports that,
“authorities have an image of a suspect carrying and possibly dropping a
black bag at the second blast site on Boylston Street.”
NewsCenter5 is reporting that, “An arrest is imminent or may have already taken place,” and that the individual is being taken to court.