Images: Terror strikes US again; Boston Marathon blasts kill three

Two bombs exploded in the packed streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing three people and injuring more than 130 in a terrifying scene of shattered glass, bloodstained pavement and severed limbs at the world’s oldest and most prestigious marathon, authorities said.

[caption id=“attachment_701618” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] People react as the first bomb goes off near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2013. AP Photo/The Boston Globe, David L Ryan[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_701620” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Two explosions that occurred during the Boston Marathon left three people dead and more than 140 injured. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_701622” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] An injured woman is tended to at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. AP Photo/The Boston Globe, John Tlumacki[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_701624” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Medical workers aid injured people at the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. AP Photo/The Boston Globe, David L Ryan[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_701626” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Bill Iffrig, 78, lies on the ground as police officers react to a second explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Iffrig, of Lake Stevens, Wash., was running his third Boston Marathon and near the finish line when he was knocked down by one of two bomb blasts. AP Photo/The Boston Globe, John Tlumacki[/caption]