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Tsarnaev's 6 Months in Dagestan Are an Enigma

No sign of extremist in the making: family

(Newser) - When Tamerlan Tsarnaev went to Dagestan for six months, a period of time the FBI is scrutinizing in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, he didn't seem like an extremist looking for guidance. Rather, according to people who spent time with him there, he seemed like a young...

Tsarnaev Awake, Answering Questions in Writing

Cops believe Boston suspect inflicted fatal injuries on brother

(Newser) - Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has regained consciousness and has been giving investigators written answers to questions, law enforcement sources tell ABC , though it's unclear if he's actually saying anything useful yet. Sources tell Fox News that he will not be formally charged today. The Boston bombing suspect is listed as...

As Police Chased Him, Suspect Called Mom

Mother says she pushed eldest son to be a more devout, and strict, Muslim

(Newser) - In the years before the Boston Marathon bombing, the Tsarnaev family was ripped apart as eldest son Tamerlan and his mother, Zubeidat, embraced a stricter version of Islam, the Wall Street Journal finds. Zubeidat says she pushed Tamerlan to embrace Islam during a period of personal turmoil that included a...

Hero Cop Lost All His Blood in Boston Shootout

Wounded MBTA officer was a friend of slain MIT cop

(Newser) - The police officer wounded while chasing the Boston Marathon bombing suspects lost all of his own blood—and, for 45 minutes, his own heartbeat—after being shot in the thigh, but doctors "cautiously" believe he will make a full recovery. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Officer Richard Donohue Jr., 33,...

Chechens in US Afraid of Boston Blowback

Previously anonymous, now embarrassed and afraid

(Newser) - Chechnya's leader may deny any link between the Boston Marathon bombing suspects' ethnicity and their violent actions, but for Chechens living in the US, the connection is harder to ignore. In the wake of the attack, many are now feeling ashamed and frightened, the New York Times reports. "...

Boston Mayor: Tsarnaev Brothers Acted Alone


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Apr 21, 2013 1:14 PM CDT

Boston Mayor: Tsarnaev Brothers Acted Alone

Thomas Menino defends shutting city down for manhunt

(Newser) - Boston Mayor Thomas Menino told ABC's This Week that, as far as he knows, the Boston Marathon bombing investigation has not uncovered any suspects other than the Tsarnaev brothers. "All the information I have is they acted alone," he said, according to Politico . He also defended the...

Tsarnaev Went to Gym, Party on Wednesday: Report

It was an apparently typical day for Dzhokhar, 19

(Newser) - As the rest of the country tensely waited for word of who the Boston Marathon bomber or bombers might be , one of the suspects was having what appears to have been a very typical Wednesday. A school official at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a sophomore...

Neil Diamond Gives Boston, Red Sox Fans a 'Sweet' Surprise

Leads crowd in 'Sweet Caroline'

(Newser) - Fenway Park offered up a number of tributes to the Boston Marathon victims at yesterday's Red Sox game, a matchup with the Kansas City Royals that had been delayed due to Friday's manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. But the biggest surprise may have been Neil Diamond's appearance. He...

'Key Thread' in Boston Bombing: Trip to Russia

Investigators focus on Tamerlan Tsarnaev's possible extremist links

(Newser) - As the Boston Marathon bombing investigation continues, the FBI is really zeroing in on dead suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's six-month trip to Russia last year, the New York Times reports. The elder of the Tsarnaev brothers visited two predominantly Muslim republics in the country's north Caucasus region—Chechnya and...

London Marathon Offers Moment of Silence for Boston

And increased security

(Newser) - A defiant, festive mood prevailed today at the London Marathon despite concerns raised by the bomb attacks on the Boston Marathon six days ago. Thousands of runners offered tributes to those killed and injured in Boston on a glorious spring day in London. The race, the first major international marathon...

Throat Injury May Prevent Tsarnaev From Talking
Throat Injury May Prevent Tsarnaev From Talking
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Apr 20, 2013 10:00 PM CDT

Throat Injury May Prevent Tsarnaev From Talking

Unnamed official tells CNN

(Newser) - Dzhokar Tsarnaev remains in "serious but stable condition" at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, according to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who today noted the Boston bombing suspect is "not yet able to communicate." What's unclear is if he'll ever be able to: CNN spoke with...

Russia Tipped FBI to Dead Suspect in 2011

Agents interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev on tip he was a 'radical Islamist'

(Newser) - Law enforcement officials have confirmed that it was Russia that told the FBI to investigate the slain Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011, the AP reports. The FBI interviewed Tsarnaev, following up on the tip that he was a "follower of radical Islam," but didn't deem...

Police Release Infrared Photos of Boston Manhunt

Thermal imaging finds Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in boat

(Newser) - After a Watertown resident told police he thought Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev might be hiding in his backyard last night, authorities used a helicopter equipped with a thermal imager to verify that Tsarnaev was indeed lying under a tarp in the man's boat, NBC reports. "It picked...

Czech Republic: We're Not Chechnya

Czech ambassador posts geography lesson for social media pundits

(Newser) - A quick geography lesson: The Chechen Republic is a subject of Russia in southeastern Europe; the Czech Republic is a nation about 2,000 miles away in central Europe. The Czech ambassador to the US has issued a statement explaining the difference after a surprising number of social media users...

Did Big Brother Corrupt His Younger Sibling?

It's a common refrain in stories about the Tsarnaev brothers

(Newser) - As the speculation continues into what turned the Tsarnaev brothers into alleged terrorists, a common theme is emerging in stories about Tamerlan, 26, and Dzhokhar, 19. As the Boston Globe puts it:
  • A "picture began to emerge Friday of Tamerlan Tsarnaev as an aggressive, possibly radicalized immigrant who may
...

More Photos Emerge of Suspects at Marathon

A runner and a spectator capture several images of Tsarnaev brothers

(Newser) - The AP is running more eerie (in retrospect) photos of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev at the Boston Marathon. One from runner David Green, taken on his iPhone, clearly shows Dzhokhar moving away from the scene of one of the blasts. And several from spectator Bob Leonard show the brothers standing...

Suspect Tsarnaev Unable to Be Questioned Yet

When he is, officials will skip his Miranda rights

(Newser) - For now, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remains too seriously injured to be questioned by authorities, reports AP . But as soon as he's able, a special team of interrogators from the FBI, the CIA, and the Pentagon will grill him without reading him his Miranda rights. Authorities plan to invoke a rare...

They Got Him—Alive: Cops Catch Boston Suspect

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found hiding in a boat in Watertown backyard

(Newser) - The manhunt is over. Police caught Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev tonight after finding him hiding in a boat in a Watertown backyard, reports WCVB . Tsarnaev was taken by ambulance to a hospital; the AP reports that he is in serious condition. Multiple gunshots were heard at the scene of...

Dead Boston Suspect's Mother-in-Law 'Sickened'

Tamerlan Tsarnaev was married, had young daughter

(Newser) - The mother-in-law of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev feels how you might expect: sickened. The AP describes Judith Russell as distraught as she made the comments this evening through a crack in her front door, speaking just after Homeland Security agents escorted a car containing two women into...

Boston Suspect's Dad: If He Dies, Expect Hell

But Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's father urges son to surrender

(Newser) - The father of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev didn't have reassuring words when he spoke to ABC News from his Russian home today, warning that "all hell would break loose" if his son died. "If they kill my second child, I will know that it is...

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