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Boston bombing suspect arrested

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Published on Apr 19, 2013

The hunt for 19-year old Boston Marathon bombings suspect came to an end- after a day of door-to-door search in Watertown MA police found him hiding out in a boat under a tarp in the back yard of a building. Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev – the yongest of the two brothers who allegedly detonated the bombs escaped the scene after the law enforcement officials killed the older brother – 26-year old Tamerlan – in a shotout early this morning. Dzhokhar is said to be injured. RT’s Anastasia Churkina is at the site of the original Boston Marathon bombing and brings us the latest.

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‘We got him!’ Wounded fugitive marathon ‘bomber’ captured after he was found hiding in a BOAT in backyard of Boston home. Cops use flash-bang grenades to flush him out

  • Police captured Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, on Friday night after a day-long manhunt using helicopters and heavily armed officers in a Boston suburb
  • Apprehended ‘covered in blood and hiding in a covered boat in Watertown by homeowner who ventured out after curfew was lifted’
  • He and law enforcement officers engaged in a furious exchange of gun-fire that began shortly after 7pm
  • Over 30 rounds were fired in the exchange – as terrified residents of Franklin Street were evacuated by police
  • The stand-off continued until approximately 8.45 p.m. when Boston police announced on Twitter that Tsarnaev had been apprehended
  • Tsarnaev reportedly surrendered himself to police having been shot twice
  • He was rushed to Beth IsraelDeaconess Medical Center where many marathon victims are being treated
  • He was said to be ‘clinging to life’ this morning
  • His Miranda rights have been revoked and he is being treated as an exception due to national security
  • Residents were warned to stay indoors amid gunfire, flash-bang explosions and tear gas
  • On his arrest – jubilant crowds took to the streets of Boston to thank police, FBI and law enforcement officials – chanting ‘USA!’
  • Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, killed after explosions and machine gun fire on Thursday night
  • Both suspects are brothers from the Russia region near Chechnya and had lived in U.S. since 2002

By Louise Boyle, James Nye, Simon Tomlinson and Jill Reilly

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The Massachusetts college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombing was captured wounded but alive after hiding out in a boat parked in a backyard on Friday evening.

The arrest of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, signaled the end of five days of terror set-off by the double bombing at the marathon finish line.

The mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino, was quoted by the Boston Globe as taking to the police scanner to exclaim, ‘We got him’.

‘I have never loved this city and its people more than I do today. Nothing can defeat the heart of this city .. nothing.’

Relieved law enforcement officers began cheering and clapping after Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was arrested and thousands of jubilant members of the public took to the streets to salute their hard work.

The terror suspect is now said to be ‘clinging to life’ at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – where some marathon bombing victims are also still being treated.

He lost a great deal of blood from his injuries and is still too ill to speak to officers. Initial efforts will be focused on keeping him alive so he can be questioned in full.

‘He had lost a lot of blood. He was so weak that we were able to just go in and scoop him up,’ state police spokesman David Procopio told the Boston Herald adding that the suspect was in ‘serious if not critical condition’.

The bloody endgame came four days after the bombing and just a day after the FBI released surveillance-camera images of two young men suspected of planting the pressure-cooker explosives that ripped through the crowd at the marathon finish line, killing three people and wounding more than 180.

Dzhokhar’s older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, lay dead in a furious 24-hour drama that transfixed the nation and paralyzed the Boston area with fear. 

Boston police commissioner Ed Davis was celebratory in his tone as he took to Twitter to say, ‘It’s a proud day to be a Boston police officer. Thank you all.’

‘CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won,’ the Boston Police Department said on its Twitter account.

Police cornered the younger Tsarnaev  around 7pm, less than an hour after police lifted a stay-indoors order for the city and its suburbs.

Resident David Hanneberry reportedly went outside to smoke and saw the tarpaulin cover of his boat was disturbed.

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This striking picture show Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lying on the ground of the property of 67 Franklin Street in Watertown after authorities apprehended him. It is not known if the bag visible in the bottom left belongs to the suspect

This striking picture show Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lying on the ground of the property of 67 Franklin Street in Watertown after authorities apprehended him. It is not known if the bag visible in the bottom left belongs to the suspect

Seriously Injured: This still frame from video shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev visible through an ambulance after he was captured in Watertown, on Friday, April 19, 2013

Seriously Injured: This still frame from video shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev visible through an ambulance after he was captured in Watertown, on Friday, April 19, 2013

'We Got Him': This is the exact moment that Boston police commissioner Ed Davis told Boston Mayor Thomas Menino that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had been apprehended - as the suspect is seen (right) wearing a gas mask

‘We Got Him’: This is the exact moment that Boston police commissioner Ed Davis told Boston Mayor Thomas Menino that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had been apprehended – as the suspect is seen (right) wearing an oxygen mask as he is transported to hospital for treatment

Security: Law enforcement officials stand guard outside the West Clinical Center, pictured, where Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is being treated

Security: Law enforcement officials stand guard outside the West Clinical Center, pictured, where Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is being treated

Heroes: A member of the North Metro SWAT team raises his fist while leaving the scene near Franklin Street on April 19, 2013 in Watertown, Massachusetts

Heroes: A member of the North Metro SWAT team raises his fist while leaving the scene near Franklin Street on April 19, 2013 in Watertown, Massachusetts

This still frame from video shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev visible through an ambulance after he was captured in Watertown on Friday
This still frame from video shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev visible through an ambulance after he was captured in Watertown on Friday

Wounded- but Alive: This still frame from video shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev visible through an ambulance after he was captured in Watertown on Friday

This image obtained April 19, 2013 courtesy CBS News shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing who was captured Friday night, April 19, 2013 after he was found hiding in a boat in a Boston suburb

This image obtained April 19, 2013 courtesy CBS News shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing who was captured Friday night, April 19, 2013 after he was found hiding in a boat in a Boston suburb

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Neighbors use cameras to record images of the boat (left) at 67 Franklin St. where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, was hiding inside in Watertown, Massachusetts on Friday as a SWAT member stands guard (right)

In this neighbor's view from across the street, law enforcement agents look around the corner of a house where Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was believed to be hiding in Watertown, Massachusetts on Friday

In this neighbor’s view from across the street, law enforcement agents look around the corner of a house where Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was believed to be hiding in Watertown, Massachusetts on Friday

Aerial views of 67 Franklin Street, Watertown, Massachusetts. Boston bombing suspect #2 Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, led the authorities to 67 Franklin Street in Watertown, Massachusetts where he was taken into custody

Aerial views of 67 Franklin Street, Watertown, Massachusetts. Boston bombing suspect #2 Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, led the authorities to 67 Franklin Street in Watertown, Massachusetts where he was taken into custody

Residents flee from an area where a suspect is hiding on Franklin St., on April 19, 2013 in Watertown, Massachusetts as law enforcement position themselves
Residents flee from an area where a suspect is hiding on Franklin St., on April 19, 2013 in Watertown, Massachusetts as law enforcement position themselves

Residents flee from an area where a suspect is hiding on Franklin St., on April 19, 2013 in Watertown, Massachusetts as law enforcement position themselves

Police officers guard the entrance to Franklin street where there is an active crime scene search for suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, Friday, April 19, 2013, in Watertown

Police officers guard the entrance to Franklin street where there is an active crime scene search for suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, Friday, April 19, 2013, in Watertown

Boston Swat team members celebrate after the capture of the second of two suspects wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings on Friday evening
Boston Swat team members celebrate after the capture of the second of two suspects wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings on Friday evening

Jubilant: Boston Swat team members celebrate after the capture of the second of two suspects wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings on Friday evening

Checking to see what was wrong, he investigated and saw Dzhokhar Tsarnaev curled-up inside covered in blood.

He then ‘freaked out’ and ran inside to call police – who dispatched a helicopter which used thermal imaging to confirm there was a person inside the boat.

‘He looked and noticed something was off about his boat, so he got his ladder, and he put his ladder up on the side of the boat and climbed up, and then he saw blood on it, and he thought he saw what was a body laying in the boat,’ Henneberry’s neighbor, George Pizzuto told ABC News.

‘So he got out of the boat fast and called police.’

‘That boat’s his baby. He takes care of it like you wouldn’t believe. And they told him it’s all shot up,’ Pizzuto said. He’s going to be heartbroken.’

Within minutes police, ATF, SWAT and K-9 units had descended upon 67 Franklin Street and engaged Tsarnaev in a vicious gun battle – over 40 shots rang out in the quiet suburban neighborhood.

‘There was an exchange of gunfire,’ confirmed Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis at a news conference.

Authorities, using a bullhorn, had called on the suspect to surrender: ‘Come out with your hands up.’

‘We used a robot to pull the tarp off the boat,’ David Procopio of the Massachusetts State Police said to CNN. ‘We were also watching him with a thermal imaging camera in our helicopter. He was weakened by blood loss — injured last night most likely.’

Applause: A police officer breaks into a smile as the crowd applaud him on the news of the arrest of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Friday, April 19, 2013, in Boston

Applause: A police officer breaks into a smile as the crowd applaud him on the news of the arrest of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Friday, April 19, 2013, in Boston

Celebration: Crowd gathered to celebrate in the Boston Common after both marathon bombing suspects were found

Celebration: Crowd gathered to celebrate in the Boston Common after both marathon bombing suspects were found

 VIDEO  Celebrations and a heroes welcome for police after second bombing suspect arrest

Heroes welcome for police after Boston bombing suspect arrest

Unconfirmed reports suggest that Tsarnaev was shot twice by law enforcement in the terrific gun battle which raged until his capture at approximately 8.45 p.m.

Law enforcement sources have suggested that Tsarnaev gave himself up voluntarily after realizing continuing resistance was fruitless.

The standoff and subsequent arrest came only minutes after authorities said during a news conference that the manhunt for the suspect appeared to come up empty.

President Barack Obama praised the outcome after a ‘tough week’ but said the focus would now be on getting answers for the victims.

He said: ‘Why did young men who grew up and studied here as part of our communities and our country resort to such violence?’

‘We’ve closed an important chapter in this tragedy,’ added Mr. Obama said in his televised address.

Tsarnaev will be arraigned as soon as he is physically able which would be able to take place as soon as Saturday if his injuries have improved considerably overnight.

Federal law enforcement officials are invoking the public safety exception to the Miranda rights.

That means that Tsarnaev will be questioned immediately without having his rights read to him.

‘In normal circumstances, someone arrested on Friday night would not be arraigned until Monday morning but because of the extraordinary circumstance here he may be arraigned on (Saturday),’ said CNN’s legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said today.

‘He will not get bail obviously. They will set a preliminary hearing that could happen in the next 30 days. He will be indicted with the grand jury. And that’s when the case will begin.’

Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham have called for Tsarnaev to be held as an enemy combatant, although the chances of that being permitted are slim.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick speaks during a news conference announcing the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick speaks during a news conference announcing the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick speaks during a news conference announcing the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing

State Police Col. Timothy Alben, accompanied by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, speaks during a news conference
State Police Col. Timothy Alben, accompanied by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, speaks during a news conference as U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, (right) addresses the crowd

State Police Col. Timothy Alben, accompanied by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, speaks during a news conference as U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, (right) addresses the crowd

Cheering for Heroes: Two women applaud after the arrest of a suspect of the Boston Marathon bombings in Watertown on Friday evening

Cheering for Heroes: Two women applaud after the arrest of a suspect of the Boston Marathon bombings in Watertown on Friday evening

Thankful: Residents applaud after the capture of the second of two suspects wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings after thousands of heavily armed police staged an intense manhunt for the Chechen teenager

Thankful: Residents applaud after the capture of the second of two suspects wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings after thousands of heavily armed police staged an intense manhunt for the Chechen teenager

'We Got Him': Watertown residents along Arsenal Street cheer for police officers after the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev four days after the dual bombings at the Boston Marathon in Watertown, Massachusetts

‘We Got Him’: Watertown residents along Arsenal Street cheer for police officers after the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev four days after the dual bombings at the Boston Marathon in Watertown, Massachusetts

President Obama said it was important justice was ‘done right’.

‘In this day of instant reporting, tweets, and blogs, there is a temptation to latch onto any bit of information, sometimes to jump to conclusions, but when a tragedy like this happens, with the public safety at risk and the stakes so high, it important to do this right,’ Obama said.

‘That’s why have an investigation, that’s why we relentlessly gather the facts, that’s why we have courts.’

‘Whatever hateful agenda drove these men cannot, will not prevail,’ he said, ‘and whatever they thought they could achieve failed because the people of Boston refuse to be intimidated, and we as Americans refuse to be terrorized.’

The two suspects were ethnic Chechens from southern Russia who had been in the U.S. for about a decade and were believed to be living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Investigators still have given no details on the motive for the bombing.

Early on Friday morning, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in a ferocious gun battle and car chase during which he and his younger brother hurled explosives at police from a stolen car, authorities said. The younger brother managed to escape.

During the getaway attempt, the brothers killed Sean Collier, an MIT policeman, and severely wounded another officer, authorities said.

Chechnya has been the scene of two wars between Russian forces and separatists since 1994, in which tens of thousands were killed in heavy Russian bombing. That spawned an Islamic insurgency that has carried out deadly bombings in Russia and the region, although not in the West.

The older brother had strong political views about the United States, said Albrecht Ammon, 18, a downstairs-apartment neighbor in Cambridge. Ammon quoted Tsarnaev as saying that the U.S. uses the Bible as ‘an excuse for invading other countries.’

Also, the FBI interviewed the older brother at the request of a foreign government in 2011, and nothing derogatory was found, according to a federal law enforcement official who was not authorized to discuss the case publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The official did not identify the foreign country or say why it made the request.

After a tense all-day manhunt for Dzhokhar and house-to-house search by thousands of SWAT team officers with rifles and armored vehicles, Dzhokhar was cornered in a homeowner’s yard, where he exchanged gunfire with police while holed up in the boat.

When he was captured a cheer went up from a crowd of bystanders in Watertown.

‘Everyone wants him alive,’ said Kathleen Paolillo, a teacher.

Boston Mayor Tom Menino tweeted ‘We got him,’ along with a photo of himself talking to the police commissioner.

Members of the public cheer as police officers leave the scene where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, was taken into custody in Watertown, Massachusetts on Friday
Members of the public cheer as police officers leave the scene where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, was taken into custody in Watertown, Massachusetts on Friday

Members of the public cheer as police officers leave the scene where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, was taken into custody in Watertown, Massachusetts on Friday

Thank You: Members of the public cheer as police officers leave the scene where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, was taken into custody

Thank You: Members of the public cheer as police officers leave the scene where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, was taken into custody

Two unidentified young men drive with an American Flag through Watertown, Massachusetts, USA, 19 April 2013, after Law Enforcement Officials apprehended Boston Marathon Bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Two unidentified young men drive with an American Flag through Watertown, Massachusetts, USA, 19 April 2013, after Law Enforcement Officials apprehended Boston Marathon Bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Hundreds of Northeastern University students gather in Hemenway Street to celebrate the capture of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Boston on April 19th

Hundreds of Northeastern University students gather in Hemenway Street to celebrate the capture of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Boston on April 19th

Defiant: Joseph Eli Libby, 20, of Boston, carries a flag near a makeshift memorial on Boylston Street, near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Friday, April 19, 2013, in Boston

Defiant: Joseph Eli Libby, 20, of Boston, carries a flag near a makeshift memorial on Boylston Street, near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Friday, April 19, 2013, in Boston

High Five: A police officer and a woman react to news of the arrest of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Friday, April 19, 2013, in Boston
Frank McGillin, who has ran three Boston Marathons, waves a U.S. flag as a crowd reacts to news of the arrest of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects

High Five Flying Flag: A policeman (left) celebrates with a woman after one of the Boston bombers was apprehended on Friday while Frank McGillin, who has ran three Boston Marathons, waves a U.S. flag

Police officers high-fived each other and shook hands at the conclusion to a day long manhunt. One police officer, a look of relief on his face, said: ‘Yep, we got him.’

Chants of ‘USA! USA!’ broke out. In Boston, people danced in the streets outside Fenway Park.

Another officer was hugged by a woman standing at a barricade set up at a road several blocks from Franklin Street. As word quickly spread crowds cheered and clapped as the news spread.

Many stared into their smart phones as they checked on the latest updates on Twitter and local news stations. Others cheered with shout of ‘Yes’ echoing around.

Dozens of police walked back from Franklin Street with their weapons lowered or holstered. Several chatted on cell phones as they presumably called loved ones to tell them the hunt was over and they were safe.

‘Thank you. Thank you. It was our pleasure,’ members of the Boston SWAT team said over a loudspeaker to the relieved crowds who gathered to thank them.

An estimated 1,000 law enforcement officers had been involved in the massive police manhunt.

Just prior to this, police fueled the paranoid atmosphere when they said three other people were taken into custody for questioning at an off-campus housing complex at the University of the Massachusetts at Dartmouth where the younger man may have lived.

Authorities are still holding the three people in custody in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 65 miles south of the city, the Boston Globe reports.

It is unknown how they were connected to the case.

At least seven IEDs were found, some in Watertown and some at a home in Cambridge, which police made safe.

Up until the younger man’s capture, it was looking like a grim day for police. As night fell, they announced that they were scaling back the hunt because they had come up empty-handed.

Fist Pump: A SWAT officer raises his fist in Watertown, Mass. Friday, April 19, 2013, after the manhunt for the second of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing was captured

Fist Pump: A SWAT officer raises his fist in Watertown, Mass. Friday, April 19, 2013, after the manhunt for the second of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing was captured

‘We Got Him!’: Twenty four hours of chaos comes to an end: How Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was apprehended by police after day-long search

April 18 5.30pm – The FBI releases CCTV footage and stills of two suspects from surveillance cameras near the explosion sites filmed shortly before the blasts. FBI agent Richard DesLauriers asks for the public’s help in identifying the men who are both wearing baseball caps and carrying backpacks. ‘We consider them to be armed and extremely dangerous,’ Mr DesLauriers said, warning that they should not be approached.
10.30pm – A campus police officer is shot and killed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, near Boston, after responding to a report of a disturbance.
Shortly afterwards, police get a report of a carjacking nearby. The two men are suspected of killing the MIT police officer, then stealing the car at gunpoint and later releasing its driver unharmed. The suspects threw explosives from the car as police followed it to the Boston suburb of Watertown.
April 19 1am – Witnesses report hearing multiple gunshots and explosions in Watertown. Residents are advised to keep their doors locked and not let anyone in. TV footage shows armed officers surrounding a suspect lying on the ground.
Police later say one of the two suspects in the MIT officer shooting is dead but the other, who is tied to the Boston marathon bombing, remains at large.
Public transport is suspended in the Boston area as the hunt for the remaining suspect continues.
A new photo of him on the loose is released showing him in a grey hoodie sweatshirt at a 7-Eleven store in Cambridge.
5pm – Police admit at a press conference they don’t know where 19-year-old Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev is. Authorities lift ‘shelter in place’ orders and allow residents to venture outside.
5.45pm – David Henneberry finds a body in his boat on Franklin Street in Watertown, less than three quarters of a mile from where Tsarnaev ditched his stolen Mercedes SUV.
6pm – Officers surround Mr Hennerberry’s boat and exchange fire with him.
7.05pm – Flash grenades are reportedly tossed into the boat to stun Tsarnaev.
8.43pm – Tsarnaev surrenders and it taken into custody. He is rushed to the hospital by ambulance

The search for the younger brother all but paralyzed the Boston area for much of the day.

Officials shut down all mass transit, including Amtrak trains to New York, advised businesses not to open, and warned close to 1 million people in the entire city and some of its suburbs to stay inside and unlock their doors only for uniformed police.

It was estimated today that it could have cost the city $333 million.

But it was not fruitless given the break that came with the call from the boat-owner.

Police immediately reissued an alert to stay inside after earlier announcing that people could move about with caution. An ambulance also arrived at the scene as a helicopter flew overhead. 

CNNreported that a family of ten were removed from the scene and officers were seen carrying children.

An ambulance carries Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from the scene after he was apprehended in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA on Friday (left) as Police SWAT teams leave the area (right)

 Massachusetts, USA on Friday (left) as Police SWAT teams leave the area (right)

Tense: Police officers listen to a vehicle's radio for word just before the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev four days after the dual bombings at the Boston Marathon in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA

Tense: Police officers listen to a vehicle’s radio for word just before the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev four days after the dual bombings at the Boston Marathon in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA

Relief: Boston Mayor Thomas Menino (left) congratulates Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick upon the capture of marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Relief: Boston Mayor Thomas Menino (left) congratulates Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick upon the capture of marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

This map shows the location of incidents surrounding the manhunt for the two Boston Marathon bombings suspects and includes an updated timeline of events and information on the Tsarnaev brothers

This map shows the location of incidents surrounding the manhunt for the two Boston Marathon bombings suspects and includes an updated timeline of events and information on the Tsarnaev brothers

Lock down: An individual appears to have been cornered in a boat in a backyard in a Boston suburbs, reports said

Lock down: An individual appears to have been cornered in a boat in a backyard in a Boston suburbs, reports said

Hiding place: Police carefully moved in on the alleged suspect who has already thrown explosive devices at officers on Thursday

Hiding place: Police carefully moved in on the alleged suspect who has already thrown explosive devices at officers on Thursday

Cornered: Police converge near the scene where it was believed 19-year-old bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in hiding

Cornered: Police converge near the scene where it was believed 19-year-old bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in hiding

 VIDEO  ‘We got him.’ Second Boston Marathon bombing suspect in custody after armed police standoff

Dzokhar Tsarnaev arrested after armed standoff with police

Terrorists: Tamerlan Tsarnaev (right) was killed during an exchange of gunfire with police on Wednesday night. His younger brother Dzhokhar (left) is still on the run and reportedly has explosives strapped to his body

Terrorists: Tamerlan Tsarnaev (right) was killed during an exchange of gunfire with police on Wednesday night. His younger brother Dzhokhar (left) is still on the run and reportedly has explosives strapped to his body

Volatile: Police conduct a door-to-door search for 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after it emerged that IEDs had been found at two addresses in Watertown and Cambridge

Volatile: Police conduct a door-to-door search for 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after it emerged that IEDs had been found at two addresses in Watertown and Cambridge

It emerged earlier in the day that Dzhokhar had several active online profiles and even posted messages warning people to ‘stay safe’ after the bombings – an apparent attempt to cover his tracks.
The 19-year-old, who attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School and was a registered student at University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth, was also a 9/11 denier and posted a chilling message on Twitter eight months ago where he wrote: ‘Boston marathon isn’t a good place to smoke’.The tweet last August appeared on the micro-blogging site from user @J_Tsar – named in multiple reports as an alias for the man behind Monday’s atrocity. He also tweeted about his intent to grow a beard and how he ‘wanted out’ of American life.The messages suggested the level of forethought and planning that the Chechen immigrants allegedly put into the devastating attack on Boston.

The tweets added to a picture of Dzhokhar which was emerging on Friday, as a young man who had hidden his sinister intentions beneath the facade of a party-loving but dedicated student who was captain of his high school wrestling team. 

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, emerged as the FBI’s ‘Suspect 2’ on Thursday after he was seen on CCTV wearing a white baseball cap and dropping a backpack shortly before the huge blasts.

The older brother Tamerlan attended Bunker Hill Community College and was studying to become an engineer but took a year off to pursue boxing.

He traveled to Russia for six months last year. He said in an interview with a Boston University student magazine in 2010: ‘I don’t have a single American friend. I don’t understand them.’

Tamerlan was once arrested for domestic assault on a girlfriend, ABC reported.

The 26-year-old had a profile on YouTube channel since August 2012. Five months ago, Tamerlan created a playlist dedicated to terrorism.

Named simply ‘Terrorists,’ the playlist included a pair of videos, which are now no longer available. Although most of the clips in the channel are ordinary music videos, Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s YouTube channel shows signs that he had been drawn to radical Islamism.

Among the songs on his playlists was one called ‘I will dedicate my life to Jihad.’ He also featured videos recorded by recent converts to Islam.

A friend of the brothers told CNN that he had known them since 2006 and they were ‘normal kids’ who partied and occasionally smoked. A classmate toldCBS that Dzhokhar did not have an accent and that he assumed he had always lived in the U.S.
Foreboding: The message posted on Twitter to 'Abdul' by J_Tsar last August 10 mentioned the Boston Marathon - eight months before the atrocious attack

Foreboding: The message posted on Twitter to ‘Abdul’ by J_Tsar last August 10 mentioned the Boston Marathon – eight months before the atrocious attack

On the move: Several different agencies including the Boston police, FBI and SWAT teams were working together

On the move: Several different agencies including the Boston police, FBI and SWAT teams were working together

No escape: Armed Boston Maritime Safety Security team members patrol the Boston Harbor on Friday

No escape: Armed Boston Maritime Safety Security team members patrol the Boston Harbor on Friday

I saw it explode: Eyewitness on Watertown shoot-out

Unfolding drama: Following the bombing in Boston in Monday, combined law enforcement have worked tirelessly to find those behind the atrocity

Unfolding drama: Following the bombing in Boston in Monday, combined law enforcement have worked tirelessly to find those behind the atrocity

Constant danger: Scores of police and SWAT team members were surrounding the Boston suburb on Friday morning

Constant danger: Scores of police and SWAT team members were surrounding the Boston suburb on Friday morning


The father of the suspects said that his son Dzhokhar was a smart and accomplished young man. Anzor Tsarnaev spoke by telephone from the Russian city of Makhachkala on Friday.

Anzor Tsarnaev said: ‘My son is a true angel. Dzhokhar is a second-year medical student in the U.S. He is such an intelligent boy. We expected him to come on holidays here.’

The father said that his sons had been framed for the bombing in Boston.

A sister of the Boston bombing suspects is ‘heartbroken and devastated’ after meeting with police and FBI over her brothers’ involvement in the atrocious attack, it was revealed today. Police officers of West New York, New Jersey and FBI descended on the home of the woman who is believed to be Ailina Tsarnaev just after 11am on Friday.

Federal agents were seen removing cell phones and computers from her quiet suburban home in West New York in New Jersey. Two police trucks are being sent to her home after it was feared that Dzhokhar might try to reach her.

However police did not expect the 19-year-old suspect to arrive. Police director Michael Indri told reporters she is a young mother with a baby girl and that she had not spoken to either brother ‘in years’.

The director went on to describe the siblings as ‘estranged’. The reason for the falling out is unclear. Indri said to the best of his knowledge there has been no attempt by Dzhokhar to contact his sister but the FBI said it is a possibility.

The FBI are no longer at the property but her front door is being guarded by two police officers.

Director Indri was unaware how the young woman  discovered that her brothers were the most wanted men in America but said that she ‘was co-operating fully’.

Many members of the family denounced the two men and the suspects’ uncle Ruslan Tsarni of Montgomery Village, Maryland, pleaded on television for Dzhokhar to give up.

‘Dzhokhar, if you are alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness,’ he said.

Friday’s spectacular stand-off followed a dramatic night in which two suspects killed MIT campus police officer Sean Collier, 26, and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle that left one of them dead and his brother on the loose.

It is believed that Dzhokhar ran over his brother Tamerlan who had leapt from the car during the confrontation. Around 200 rounds were exchanged during the battle.

Tamerlan, dubbed ‘Suspect 1’ by the FBI, died in hospital from gunshot wounds and possible blast injuries after the exchange.

The drama began around six hours after the FBI released clear images of two men named as suspects in the Boston blast.

The two stole a Honda CRV, robbed a nearby 7-Eleven, carjacked a Mercedes SUV and briefly kidnapped the driver before letting him go, the sources said. One brother drove away in the CRV, and the other drove away in the Mercedes.

One then ditched the CRV and reunited with his brother in the Mercedes, where they then withdrew $800 from the ATM with the carjacking victim’s card.

Authorities say both suspects were in the Mercedes when they encountered police and hurled explosives at officers. Police officer Richard Donohue, 33, was seriously wounded in an exchange of gun fire.

Tamerlan reportedly had an improvised explosive device strapped to his chest when he was killed. Dzhokhar escaped by driving through a line of police officers at the end of the street. 

Fast-moving investigation: Since pictures of the two suspects were released at 5pm on Thursday, events have rapidly unfolded in the manhunt for the terrorists

Fast-moving investigation: Since pictures of the two suspects were released at 5pm on Thursday, events have rapidly unfolded in the manhunt for the terrorists

Video of SWAT raid on Watertown house

Student: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (left) graduated from his Cambridge high school and was in college studying medicine. He is on the run after his brother Tamerlan (right) was killed after they were named terror suspects
Student: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (left) graduated from his Cambridge high school and was in college studying medicine. He is on the run after his brother Tamerlan (right) was killed after they were named terror suspects

Student: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (left) graduated from his Cambridge high school and was in college studying medicine. He is on the run after his brother Tamerlan (right) was killed after they were named terror suspects

High alert: State police arrest an unidentified man walking at the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth campus during their sweep of the university on Friday

High alert: State police arrest an unidentified man walking at the University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth campus during their sweep of the university on Friday

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