Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The Boston Marathon Bombing suspects planned to detonate the devices on July 4 but opted for the race because that’s when they finished making the explosives, the USA Today reports.
During a hospital interview with the surviving suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev suggested the brothers finished making the bomb sooner than they had expected and decided not to wait until Independence Day, USA Today reported.
When they saw organizers setting up the marathon, they chose that event to target, officials told the USA Today.
