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#AccaddeOggi: 15 aprile 2013, il tragico attentato alla maratona di Boston

epa03663569 The aftermath of a bomb blast near the finish line on Boylston Street, the scene after the bomb blasts at the 117th running of the Boston Marathon. Monday, April 15, 2013. EPA/STUART CAHILL / THE BOSTON HERAL MANDATORY CREDIT THE BOSTON HERALD, NO SALES, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

epa03664483 A picture made available on 16 April 2013 shows Police and runners react after two explosions at the Boston Marathon finish area, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 15 April 2013. Three people were killed and over 100 were injured when two bombs exploded on 15 April 2013 at the finish line of the marathon. EPA/MetroWest Daily News/Ken McGagh MANDATORY CREDIT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa03663568 The aftermath of a bomb blast near the finish line on Boylston Street, the scene after the bomb blasts at the 117th running of the Boston Marathon in Boston, USA, 15 April 2013. At least two people are confirmed dead and dozens injured in two powerful explosions that occurred near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. US President Barack Obama vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice as an investigation was launched. EPA/STUART CAHILL / THE BOSTON HERAL MANDATORY CREDIT THE BOSTON HERALD HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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epa03664481 A picture made available on 16 April 2013 shows Police and runners react after two explosions at the Boston Marathon finish area in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 15 April 2013. Three people were killed and over 100 were injured when two bombs exploded on 15 April 2013 at the finish line of the marathon. EPA/MetroWest Daily News/Ken McGagh MANDATORY CREDIT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa03668571 A handout image released 19 April 2013 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation showing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon Bombing suspect, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Three people were killed along with over 170 others injured on 15 April 2013 in an apparent terrorist attack near the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon in the northeastern US city. Three people were killed and over 100 were injured when two bombs exploded on 15 April 2013 at the finish line of the marathon. The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings are brothers, aged 19 and 20, NBC News reported. Law enforcement officials told the broadcaster that the men, one of whom has been killed in a shootout with police, are of Chechen origin and have permanent resident status in the United States. EPA/FBI / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

epa03663567 The aftermath of a bomb blast near the finish line on Boylston Street, the scene after the bomb blasts at the 117th running of the Boston Marathon in Boston, USA, 15 April 2013. At least two people are confirmed dead and dozens injured in two powerful explosions that occurred near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. US President Barack Obama vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice as an investigation was launched. EPA/STUART CAHILL / THE BOSTON HERALD MANDATORY CREDIT THE BOSTON HERALD HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa04696179 An artist sketch of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (2L) and his defense team as the guilty verdicts on all charges were read in the John J Moakley Federal Courthouse against Tsamaev in the Boston Marathon bombing trial in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 08 April 2015. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev along with his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev set off home made bombs at the Boston Marathon on 15 April 2013 killing three people and injuring hundreds. EPA/JANE FLAVELL COLLINS

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15 aprile 2024 alle 07:01

15 aprile 2013: vicino al traguardo della storica maratona di Boston esplodono due bombe. Muoiono 3 persone (tra cui un bambino di otto anni) e sono centinaia i feriti. 

Gli ordigni erano stati piazzati in Boylston Street, una delle principali strade della città, e sono deflagrati a distanza di pochi secondi l'uno dall'altro e a circa 4 ore dalla partenza della maratona. Si trattava di due pentole a pressione da sei litri, riempite di esplosivo, chiodi, pezzi di ferro e sferette metalliche, contenute in borse nere da viaggio. 

Pochi giorni dopo, il 19 aprile, l'Fbi individuò due sospettati: Džochar Carnaev e suo fratello Tamerlan, entrambi ceceni. Tamerlan restò ucciso nel conflitto a fuoco con le forze dell'ordine (morì anche l’agente di polizia Sean Collier), mentre Džochar fu arrestato e processato.

Il giovane spiegò che lui e il fratello volevano colpire gli Stati Uniti per il loro impegno militare in Iraq e in Afghanistan e perché "cospiravano contro i musulmani".

L'8 aprile 2015 la giuria popolare dello stato del Massachusetts, dopo oltre 14 ore in camera di consiglio, ha dichiarato colpevole il ventunenne musulmano - con cittadinanza kirghiza e statunitense e discendenza cecena - di tutti i capi di accusa. Fu condannato alla pena capitale: il 31 luglio 2020 i giudici hanno annullato la sentenza poi ristabilita dalla Corte suprema degli Stati Uniti.

Della maratona parla il film Stronger, il film di David Gordon Green (con Jake Gyllenhaal e Tatiana Maslany) che racconta la storia vera di Jeff Bauman, l'operaio diventato un simbolo di speranza dopo l'attentato in cui ha perso le gambe. 

(Unioneonline/D)