Remember that your img is not really a DOM element but a javascript expression.
This is a JSX attribute expression. Put curly braces around the src string expression and it will work. See http://facebook.github.io/react/docs/jsx-in-depth.html#attribute-expressions
In javascript, the class attribute is reference using className. See the note in this section: http://facebook.github.io/react/docs/jsx-in-depth.html#react-composite-components
/** @jsx React.DOM */
var Hello = React.createClass({
render: function() {
return <div><img src={'http://placehold.it/400x20&text=slide1'} alt="boohoo" className="img-responsive"/><span>Hello {this.props.name}</span></div>;
}
});
React.renderComponent(<Hello name="World" />, document.body);