Last night we at around 11:30pm we received sms alerts from Harvard saying that there were shootings at MIT and an officer was shot.
When we woke up this morning, I saw 5 sms's and a missed call, I knew that something was up. A sms from Harvard said that the university was closed today due to a suspect on the run. The other suspect was the older brother (26 years old) who was shot and killed in the car chase. Apparently, he had thrown a pressure cooker bomb at the police - that same type of bomb that was used in the Boston Marathon.
The police told people in Boston, Watertown, Cambridge, Newton, Belmont and Allston to stay at home - 'shelter-in-place'. Boston was in 'lockdown' - public transport, shops, schools were all closed. Taxis were suspended. Police are searching for the second suspect (19 years old).
The suspects lived in Norfolk Street Cambridge MA, which is just a few streets away from where we live. Apparently bombs were found in their apartment. It is scary to think that they live in Cambridge and were so close to us. It is strange to watch TV and see the places where we have been to and are familiar with - a little too close to home.
The city has been in lockdown since 2am this morning, now it is 6pm and still we wait patiently to see if they capture the suspect. Boston has been a ghost town today with nobody on the streets except for police, army, media and bomb squads.
The news have been reporting conflicting information. There has been a lot of speculation. The mayor and governor have given press conferences and it seems that the police have things under control. Earlier there had been reports of the brothers robbing a 7/11 around the corner from us, but now media is saying that this was an unrelated event. Hopefully this madness will end soon and things can go back to normal.
Relatives of the suspects are in shock and feel that the brothers have been set up but why then did they run and throw a pressure cooker bomb at the police? so many questions....
I hope that they don't kill the younger brother so at least they can question him to understand why they planted the bombs on Monday - if they kill him we will never know. It has been a memorable week in Boston and the drama still continues.
At 8:45pm the suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was apprehended by police in Watertown. He was injured and an ambulance took him away. The manhunt has finally ended - what a day!
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