{"id":36812,"date":"2013-04-20T13:41:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T10:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=36812"},"modified":"2013-04-20T13:41:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T10:41:51","slug":"boston-bombingssuspect-chechen-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-was-caught-breaking-news-36812","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/boston-bombingssuspect-chechen-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-was-caught-breaking-news-36812\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Bombings:Suspect Chechen Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was caught \/ Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been arrested following an extensive manhunt that ended in the Boston suburb of Watertown.<\/h1>\n

Chechen origin Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was already wounded from an earlier shootout, exchanged gunfire with police for an hour while holed up in the boat in the neighbourhood of\u00a0Watertown.<\/p>\n

The dramatic stand-off ended with the 19-year-old being given first aid on the lawn next to the boat before he was taken away in an ambulance at around 8.45pm local time.<\/p>\n

Dzhokhar remains in “serious condition” at Beth Israel Deaconess hospital,\u00a0said Boston police commissioner Ed Davis.<\/p>\n

Swat teams surrounded the boat after a tip-off from a resident who noticed blood on it, Mr Davis said.<\/p>\n

The man lifted the cover of the boat, saw the teenager covered in blood and alerted police.<\/p>\n

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A police helicopter then used infra-red equipment to confirm there was a human inside the boat.<\/p>\n

Dzhokhar\u00a0had been on the run since his 26-year-old brother and fellow suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev\u00a0 – known as suspect number one – was killed in a shoot-out with police in the early hours of Friday.<\/p>\n

The brothers were believed to be behind Monday’s twin explosions at the Boston Marathon which left three people dead and around 180 wounded.<\/p>\n

During their getaway attempt, they killed Massachusetts Institute of Technology policeman Sean Collier and severely wounded another officer, authorities said.<\/p>\n

A crowd of residents cheered as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev – known as suspect number two – was taken into custody, and the celebrations continued into the night in the city’s streets.<\/p>\n

Mayor Tom Menino said on Twitter: “We got him”.<\/p>\n

Boston Police tweeted: “CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody.”<\/p>\n

The family of eight-year-old Martin Richard, who died in the bombings, released a statement praising police.<\/p>\n

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“Tonight, our family applauds the entire law enforcement community for a job well done, and trust that our justice system will now do its job,” the family said.<\/p>\n

Martin’s mother also sustained brain injuries and his sister lost a leg in the blast.<\/p>\n

US President Barack Obama told a news conference the suspect’s capture “closed an important chapter in this tragedy”.<\/p>\n

But he said there were still many unanswered questions about the marathon bombings, including whether the two men had help from others.<\/p>\n

As Dzhokhar was being captured, three people in New Bedford, Massachusetts, were also taken\u00a0into custody for questioning over the blasts.<\/p>\n

Lieutenant Robert Richard said two men and a woman were being questioned by the FBI “on the\u00a0assumption there is an affiliation with suspect number two”.<\/p>\n

Dzhokhar’s capture came at the end of a tumultuous all-day manhunt and house-to-house search by thousands of elite police officers.<\/p>\n

As night fell, police announced that they were scaling back the hunt and they had so far come up empty-handed.<\/p>\n

But shortly after that statement, a break came in Watertown\u00a0when the homeowner – who had been indoors all day due to the manhunt – saw the blood on his boat.<\/p>\n

The vessel had not been searched before because it was outside of the police perimeter set up during the search.<\/p>\n

It has also been revealed that\u00a0Tamerlan\u00a0attracted the attention of US authorities two years ago.<\/p>\n

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The FBI said its agents interviewed him in 2011 at the request of a foreign government, but that the investigation found “no derogatory information”, according to an official.<\/p>\n

The FBI declined to identify the country involved or the nature of the probe.<\/p>\n

The brothers moved to the US a decade ago from a Russian region near Chechnya and had been living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as legal permanent residents.<\/p>\n

Their father, Anzor Tsarnaev, told reporters in Russia that he believed his sons had been framed and described the killing of Tamerlan as “cowardly”.<\/p>\n

Maret Tsarnaev, the men’s aunt, said Tamerlan had recently become a devout Muslim who prayed five times a day.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters at her home in Toronto, Canada, she also said the older brother was married and had a daughter in the US.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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