Authorities question Saudi national in Boston attack

[dkf]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57579736/authorities-question-saudi-national-in-boston-attack/


(CBS News) Following the twin blasts at the Boston Marathon that has claimed two lives and dozens injured, a Saudi national is being held in custody in relation to the incident who was near the scene of the blast, CBS News correspondent John Miller reported.

Law enforcement sources told Miller a witness saw a person acting suspiciously when the explosions happened along the marathon route.

"They see him running away from the device," said Miller. "Now, a reasonable person would be running away. But this person had noticed him before. This is a civilian -- chases him down, tackles him, turns him over to the Boston police. The individual is being looked at [and] was suffering from burn injury. That means this person was pretty close to wherever this blast went off, but not so close as to suffer the serious injuries that other people did."

Authorities told Miller that the person in custody is not charged and not under arrest. He is being cooperative, answering their questions, and denying involvement. They'll likely be going over this person's communications and examine every aspect of his life, as well as talk to the witness who tackled him to find out what the person of interest did that seemed suspicious.

[Schema Thing]

1. IOW he got tackled for being Arab.

[Leslie Valley]

19. Janet says "see something, say something"

If in fact he has a really good explanation for the burn injuries I'm sure he'll be just fine.

Or would you rather they invent a Limbaugh listening Beck watching TeaBagger to soothe your sensibilities?

[Schema Thing]

24. is being Arab "something"?

the explanation for the burn injuries is kind of self-evident, isn't it Sherlock?

[global1]

2. So The Initial Reports Earlier In The Day From The New York Post.....

were accurate?

[dkf]

5. Sounds overblown to me. But this may be what the reports were about.

[baldguy]

6. Boston PD is questioning him. Just like they're questioning hundreds of others.

The others just don't happen to be Saudis, so of course they couldn't be terrorists.

[immoderate]

7. Why would they lie?

--imm

[mzteris]

30. Of course.

I read in the Post that they they got it from FOX, and I heard on fox they got it from the Post..

Can't refute that.

IMO the post is basically the enquirer with less slightly less woo.

[frazzled]

3. This could well just be a diversionary tactic

on the part of the authorities as they pursue the perpetrator(s). Please don't read anything into anything at this point.

[Bjorn Against]

4. The police are saying there is no suspect in custody

[boston bean]

9. The Boston police probably don't have anyone in custody.

That doesn't mean some other law enforcement agency doesn't.

[Bjorn Against]

15. Maybe and maybe not, but it does not sound like this Saudi national has been arrested either way

[dkf]

10. Not charged and not under arrest...

I wouldn't call him a "suspect".

But apparently they are checking him out.

[Bjorn Against]

11. They are checking a lot of people out, it means nothing at this point

[dkf]

23. Agree.

They need to check out everything they can as a precaution. I would put this in that category

[MADem]

12. The police have no one in custody but they are vigorously questioning persons of interests and

witnesses.

[Bjorn Against]

16. True, but the article says they have someone in custody

The police are saying the opposite.

[MADem]

18. I think the article writer might have confused a voluntary questioning with custody.

Police are being careful to not screw this up, I think.

There have been a number of bogus reports throughout the day.

[mzteris]

28. I'd say they're vigorously questioning

EVERYONE.

[MADem]

31. The FBI was over to Revere going through a house.

I have a cousin over there, I'll have to find out if was close by and get the "detes" tomorrow.

[backscatter712]

20. He's in the hospital with some nasty wounds from the blast.

I don't think he's going anywhere. So I don't think the police feel the need to put him "in custody".

Sounds to me like this poor guy was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and then got blamed because of his ethnicity.

Hopefully, he gets his name cleared quickly.

[JaneyVee]

8. I thought this was debunked, and that a Saudi woman was injured so MSM mixed up reports.

I could be wildly wrong. Thought I heard it in passing on TV.

[dkf]

17. NYT seems to confirm they at least spoke to someone fitting the description

Investigators interviewed an injured man at Brigham and Women’s Hospital who had been seen running from the scene of the first explosion, a person briefed on preliminary developments in the investigation said on Monday afternoon. A senior law enforcement official said early Monday evening that the man was a Saudi citizen, about 20 years old, who, according to witnesses, was acting suspiciously before the blast. The official said he was being questioned by the F.B.I. and the Boston police. The man has not been charged and is among several people who have been or were being questioned by investigators.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/us/explosions-reported-at-site-of-boston-marathon.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

[tjwash]

13. No! It's a black-guy---in a black sweatshirt---wearing a black backpack---and he's ----

BLACK!!!

Oh - and he has a foreign accent, gotta include all of the stereotypes to properly blow that dog whistle.

Watching cnn and that is what is scrolling across the bottom constantly right now.

The news-media has hit a new low today. If that is even possible.

[pipoman]

14. He was acting suspiciously..

running away from a bomb blast after being injured...

[dkf]

21. Yeah that doesn't seem fair...

I'm skeptical but since we don't know what made him "suspicious", I will wait for more info.

[backscatter712]

22. How dare he flee in terror from chaos and carnage! n/t

[brewens]

25. Ah, the perfect ploy! Stand just close enough to take some shrapnal. He's hoping

that will throw them off. No one would be crazy enough to do that!

[mzteris]

26. Bull. Shit. Racism.

Maybe it was Islamists. Maybe it was baptists or catholics or hell even methodists.

but my money is on the homegrown don't take my guns racist nut jobs, though.

[SpartanDem]

27. Seems like a stretch

when things explode most people run away.

[AnnieBW]

29. There were people running every which-way

according to the video. Yeah, he was running away. SO WERE 90% OF THE OTHERS! Besides... there's an internationally famous marathon going on. He was probably either a runner or a spectator.

Sheesh... jump to conclusions much?

[Nevernose]

32. There were some Ethiopians and other Africans running around, too

I could have sworn I saw pictures of them...