Krystle Campbell, 29 years old, was identified as the second person killed in the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday. Campbell was reportedly near the finish line with her friend Karen Rand, who reportedly was waiting for her boyfriend to finish the race at about 3 p.m. just as the first blast occurred.
Martin Richard, an 8-year-old boy was killed on Monday at the end of the Boston Marathon. The mother and sister were both critically injured in the blast. Martin's mother underwent brain surgery Monday night and his sister, 6, lost a leg in the blast. The status of his father, Williams, has not been released publicly.
Boston Police Commissioner Ed David said that there is not anyone in custody for the dual bombings at the Boston Marathon. Officials made a public plea to turn over any photographic or digital evidence they have from the scene.
At least two people are dead and dozens injured -- including up to 10 with amputated limbs, after two bombs rocked the area near the finish line of the Boston Marathon,
Anne Smedinghoff, the 25-year old suburban Chicago woman, joined the U.S. Foreign Service straight out of college, was among those killed in a terrorist attack in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the Chicago Sun Times reported. Smedinghoff was killed, along with five Americans, in a suicide car bombing while delivering textbooks to school children on Saturday. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
Investigative reporter and radio journalist Rahmo Abdulkadir was shot dead on Sunday evening in Mogadishu. Two unidentified gunmen shot Abdulkadir five times as she was walking to a relative's house near Bacaad Market in Yaaqhiid District of Mogadishu.
A French family of seven - including four children- was kidnapped on Tuesday in northern Cameroon, and officials suggest the involvement of one of Nigeria's Islamic terrorist sects, Boko Haram.
