Fact check
Is it true: Boston Marathon Bombing False-Flag Claims?
No — this has been debunked.
Two pressure-cooker bombs detonated at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. 3 killed, ~260 injured including multiple amputations. The Tsarnaev brothers (Tamerlan, 26; Dzhokhar, 19) were identified via surveillance video, fled, killed an MIT police officer, engaged in a firefight (Tamerlan killed in Watertown), and Dzhokhar was captured in Watertown after a citywide shelter-in-place. Dzhokhar was convicted on all 30 federal counts (April 2015), sentenced to death (May 2015). False-flag claims (primarily pushed on Infowars) alleged "crisis actors" including amputees — the same defamatory pattern later applied to Sandy Hook. Survivors like Jeff Bauman (double amputee) have been subjected to sustained harassment.
The claim
The false claim that the April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon bombing was staged by the US government or involved "crisis actors" rather than being conducted by the Tsarnaev brothers. The real bombing kille
Key evidence
Image analysis allegations
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev federal conviction
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