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04.16.2013 | BOSTON -- Investigators in haz-mat suits examine the scene of the second bombing on Boylston Street in Boston Tuesday near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, a day after two blasts killed three and injured over 170 people.

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BOSTON — The Shenyang Evening News, a state-run Chinese newspaper, identified the third victim killed in the Boston Marathon bombing as Lu Lingzi. She was a Boston University student.

According to the Boston University publication BU Today, the graduate student was one of three friends, all BU students, watching the race near the finish line.

A second friend was injured and is in stable condition at Boston Medical Center. That student underwent surgery on Monday and Tuesday, Dean Robert Hill told BU Today. The third friend was not hurt.

The other two fatalities in the bombing have been identified as 8-year-old Martin Richard, the son of a Dorchester community activist, and 29-year-old restaurant manager Krystle Campbell. Another 176 people were injured, according to the latest official tally.

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The Associated Press contributed to this story.