By Kari Travis | Echo
Boston bombing investigation reveals bigger plan
The Boston bombing saga continues with the discovery that the bombers, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, originally planned a 4th of July suicide bombing.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the only surviving brother of the two perpetrators, told officials that the bombs were ready earlier than expected, causing him and his brother to move up the date of the attack, reported the New York Times.
Investigators are unsure what Independence Day event may have been targeted by the Tsarnaev brothers, but Boston's July 4th Pop's Firework Spectacular, one of the largest celebrations in the nation with average attendance of 500,000 people, is high on the list of possible targets.
FBI officials are now in possession of Dzhokhar's laptop computer, currently the only existing piece of evidence that may yield clues to the extent of plans for attacks.
New threats emerge across U.S.
While authorities continue their search for answers to the Boston bombing case, attention is turning to Austin, Texas where, on April 21, law enforcement found a homemade bomb outside a business complex.
No one has stepped forward to claim responsibility for the bombing attempt, but investigators said the weapon was constructed from large amounts of ammonium nitrate, a chemical that caused an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West Texas last month, according to CNN.
Authorities are still searching for the perpetrator, and have not ruled out the possibility that the event is linked to a larger plot.
