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AP source: Authorities recover pressure cooker lid

Boston Marathon Pressure Cooker Lid - AP

Authorities investigating the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon have recovered a piece of circuit board that they believe was part of one of the explosive devices, and also found the lid of a pressure cooker that apparently was catapulted onto the roof of a nearby building.

 

Boston bombs said to be made from pressure cookers

Pressure Cooker - WC

The two bombs that ripped through the crowds at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 170, were fashioned out of pressure cookers and packed with shards of metal, nails and ball bearings, a person briefed on the investigation said Tuesday.

 

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