Boston bombs 'remote trigger'
US investigators have revealed the two bombs that went off at the Boston Marathon were detonated with the kind of remote control device used for a toy car.
US investigators have revealed the two bombs that went off at the Boston Marathon were detonated with the kind of remote control device used for a toy car.
Celebrations erupted in Boston as the capture of the remaining marathon bombing suspect was announced in a tweet from police.
In the Watertown neighbourhood where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, engaged in a firefight with police while hiding out in a parked boat, dozens of people at a police barricade cheered and applauded as law enforcement officers left the scene.
Among those terribly injured by the Boston marathon bombs was a dance instructor. Adrianne Haslet-Davis lost her foot in the explosion.
The mother of the two brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston bombings told ITV News they saw last year's race but are innocent.
Boston's marathon bombing suspect Dzohkhar Tsarnaev was charged with an offence that could lead to the death penalty, if he is found guilty.