Obama to Visit Boston on Thursday

WASHINGTON (AP) —
One of the blast sites on Boylston Street near the finish line of the marathon is investigated by two people in protective suits on April 15.  (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
One of the blast sites on Boylston Street near the finish line of the marathon is investigated by two people in protective suits on April 15. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

President Barack Obama will visit Boston on Thursday, three days after a pair of deadly bombings there.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says Obama will be attending an interfaith service.

Hours after the explosions, Obama vowed that those responsible would be brought to justice. In remarks on Tuesday, he called the bombings an act of terrorism but said investigators still don’t know who carried them out.

He also said the American people refuse to be terrorized.

Obama has traveled four times to cities reeling from mass violence, but all of the previous trips followed shooting incidents. The most recent was in December after the schoolhouse shooting in Newtown, Conn.

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