The FBI has released images and video of two suspects in the deadly Boston Marathon bombings.
Videotapes show two young-looking men wearing baseball caps, one white
and one black, wearing jackets and carrying backpacks along the race
route while weaving through the crowd.The second man is seen planting the bag that eventually exploded, the FBI said at a press conference in Boston.
Special agent Richard DesLauriers said the pair were "armed and extremely dangerous" and warned the public not to approach them.
He said the pictures came from surveillance cameras near the explosion sites. One man sought by police is believed to have planted the devices near the finish line of the race.
Three people were killed and more than 170 others were injured in the twin blasts on Monday.
"Identifying and locating those responsible is now our highest priority.. Someone out there knows these individuals," Mr DesLauriers said.
"Each piece moves us toward justice," he added.
He said there is no additional danger that the FBI knows of now.
The images were released hours after President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended an interfaith service at a Roman Catholic cathedral in Boston to remember the victims.
Martin Richard, 8, Krystle Campbell, 29, and Lu Lingzi, a graduate student from China died while seven victims remained in critical condition.
Mr Obama called the perpetrators of the attack "these small, stunted individuals who would destroy instead of build".
The bombs were crudely fashioned from ordinary kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and ball bearings, investigators and others close to the case said.
Investigators suspect the devices were then hidden in duffel bags and left on the ground.
They exploded within 15 seconds of each other near the finish line at a high-traffic time when thousands of runners were pouring in.
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