CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Republican New Hampshire lawmaker under fire from her party is apologizing for her comments about the Boston Marathon bombings and lack of pain on a victim’s face.

State Rep. Stella Tremblay of Auburn told The Telegraph of Nashua (http://bit.ly/18hO4O4 ) Thursday that her comments were out of a desire to question whether the constitutional rights of Watertown, Mass., residents were violated by police searching for a bombing suspect. She criticized the media for not doing its job.

Tremblay had said a federal ‘‘black-ops’’ team was behind the bombings and one suspect was killed without having a chance to speak. She later said Jeff Bauman, who was photographed being wheeled from the scene and later lost his legs, was not in pain or shock. Tremblay said she would have been screaming.

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