TRAGIC: Boy, 8, killed by Bomb blast while waiting to give his father a hug at Boston marathon finish line

An eight-year-old boy waiting at the finish line to give his father a hug was among three people killed when two explosions rocked the Boston Marathon and left 176 people injured in the worst terrorist atrocity in America since 9/11.
Martin Richard died after the first of two bombs hidden in trash cans was detonated at the Patriots' Day bank holiday yesterday, sending terrified runners and spectators fleeing for their lives and leaving a scene of 'unspeakable horror'.

Neighbors told MailOnline about the moment his father, Bill Richard, returned home still wearing hospital scrubs on Monday night and looking like the 'walking dead' as he struggled to come to terms with his son's death and injuries suffered by his wife and six-year-old daughter.



As well as Martin, two other victims - including a woman in her 20s - lost their lives in the blasts. Witnesses described seeing body parts flying through the air and shoes that 'still had flesh in them' in an attack that has sent shock waves across the world.
Seventeen of the injured are in a critical condition and CNN reported that at least 10 victims have needed amputations. At least nine of the wounded are thought to be children, including a two-year-old boy who suffered a head injury.

Investigators do not know of a motive for the bombs, nor do they have a specific suspect. But last night detectives raided a Boston home after a man, said to be of Saudi origin, was arrested at the scene for acting suspiciously and taken to hospital, where he was treated for burns and shrapnel wounds.