Grad student from China among Boston dead

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA – Boston University said Tuesday, April 16, that one of its graduate students was among the three people killed in the Boston marathon bomb attacks.

On its website, it said the victim — whose name was not disclosed “pending permission to do so from the family” — was among a trio of students who had gone to watch the race at the finish line.

A second student, identified only as female, was in stable condition after undergoing surgery on Monday and again Tuesday, the university said. The third student escaped harm.

China’s official Xinhua news agency, citing officials at the Chinese consulate in New York, said a Chinese national was the third Boston fatality, but it made no connection between the victim and the university.

It also named the injured female student as Zhou Danling, a Boston University grad student, but it did not release her age, hometown or other details.

Monday’s other fatalities included eight-year-old Martin Richard from the Boston suburb of Dorchester and 29-year-old restaurant worker Krystle Campbell from Medford, Massachusetts, north of the city.

“Everybody that knew her loved her,” Campbell’s mother Patty Campbell, overcome with emotion, told reporters outside her home. “We can’t believe this is happening. This doesn’t make any sense.” – Rappler.com