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'''Dzhokhar Tsarnaev''' ({{IPAc-en|,|dZ|Q|'|x|ar|_|,|t|s|ar|'|n|aI|.|E|f|}}{{citationneeded}}; born July 22, 1993) and '''Tamerlan Tsarnaev''' ({{IPAc-en|,|t|&|m|@r|'|l|&|n|}}; October 21, 1986{{spnd}} April 19, 2013) are the suspected perpetrators of the April 15, 2013, ].<ref>Abad-Santos, Alexander, (April 19, 2013). , The ''Atlantic Wire'', Retrieved April 22, 2013</ref><ref>CNN Staff, (April 21, 2013). , CNN, Retrieved April 22, 2013</ref><ref group="note" name="names in cyrillic">{{lang-ru|Джоха́р Анзо́рович Царна́ев}}, {{lang|ru|Тамерла́н Анзо́рович Царна́ев}}. {{lang-ce|Царнаев Анзор-кIант ДжовхΙар, Царнаев Анзор-кIант Тамерлан}}&nbsp; <small>'''NOTE'''</small>: The previous text is in Cyrillic. See ] for help installing the correct fonts.</ref> The two bombs, detonated approximately 13 seconds apart, killed 3 people and injured 264 others.<ref name="264injured-1">], . April 23, 2013.</ref><ref name="AtlanticWire04192013">{{cite web | last = Abad-Santos | first = Alexander | title = Who Is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Man at the Center of the Boston Manhunt? | publisher = The Atlantic | date = April 19, 2013 | url = http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/who-is-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-boston/64382/ | accessdate = April 19, 2013 }}</ref> The brothers are also suspected of murdering ] officer Sean Collier in Cambridge three days later while engaging in a shootout with police on the streets of ].
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The brothers are thought by some officials to have been planning future attacks, based on a cache of weapons uncovered that included an arsenal of homemade explosives.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/04/21/boston_marathon_bombing_suspects_planned_further_attacks_say_officials.html |title=Boston Marathon bombing: Suspects planned further attacks, say officials |publisher=Thestar.com |date=April 21, 2013 |accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name="huffingtonpost3"/><ref name=aljazeera1>{{cite news|title=Boston bomb suspects 'planned more attacks' |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/04/2013421184644601318.html|publisher=] |date=April 21, 2013|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name = "AtlanticWire04192013" /> ] reported on April 23, 2013, that authorities believed Tamerlan may have been responsible for ] around the 10th anniversary of the ] attacks.

On April 22, Dzhokhar was charged with "using and conspiring to use a ] resulting in death" and "malicious ] resulting in death" in connection with the Boston Marathon attacks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/22/us/boston-attack/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 |title=Federal charges filed against Boston bombing suspect |publisher=CNN.com |date= |accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="aljazeera2">{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/04/2013422171313409856.html |title=Boston bombing suspect charged |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date= |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> He could face the ] if convicted.

==Background==
Tamerlan was born in the ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Boston Marathon Bombings: Turn to Religion Split Bomb Suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Home|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324235304578437131250259170.html|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref> in 1986, and Dzhokhar was born in ] in 1993. Their father Anzor Tsarnaev is a ] lawyer and their mother Zubeidat is an ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mong|first=Adrienne|title=Boston bombing suspects' father 'a good man,' neighbors in Dagestan say|url=http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/21/17847186-boston-bombing-suspects-father-a-good-man-neighbors-in-dagestan-say?lite|work=nbcnews.com|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name=mt>{{cite web|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/hunt-for-boston-clues-reveals-tangled-caucasus-web/478981.html|title=Hunt for Boston Clues Reveals Tangled Caucasus Web|publisher=The Moscow Times |date=December 15, 2011|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name=tom22apr/> The Tsarnaevs also have two daughters Amina and Bella.<ref name=parents>{{cite news|last1=Keneally|first1=Meghan|last2=Farberov|first2=Snejana| title='Now, just tell them everything': Father of Boston bomber brothers speaks of his relief that his younger son is captured alive|newspaper=The Daily Mail|date=April 20, 2013|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312049/Anzor-Tsarnaev-Weeping-father-Boston-bombers-overwhelmed-relief-told-19-year-old-son-captured-alive.html|accessdate= April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name=parents2>{{cite news|title=Surviving Boston bombing suspect’s mother and father to travel to the U.S. to visit their seriously injured son|newspaper=The Daily Mail|date=April 21, 2013|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312396/Dzhokhar-Tsarnaev-parents-Surviving-Boston-bombing-suspects-mother-father-travel-U-S.html|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name=independent-report>{{cite news|last1=Milmo|first= Cahal|title=Boston Marathon bombing: Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a boxer. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a wrestler|newspaper=The Independent|date=April 19, 2013|url= http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/boston-marathon-bombing-tamerlan-tsarnaev-was-a-boxer-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-was-a-wrestler-both-were-terrorists-8580934.html|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref> The brothers were born into a ] family.<ref name = "HuffPost04192013">{{cite news|last=Kaleem| first=Jaweed|title=Boston Bombing Suspects' Muslim Identity Provides Few Clues To Motivation For Bombing|newspaper=Huffington Post|date= April 19, 2013|url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/19/boston-bombing-suspects-muslim_n_3116299.html|accessdate=April 19, 2013}}</ref><ref name="HuffPostNoronha04192013">{{cite news|last=Noronha|first=Charmaine|title=Aunt says US suspect recently became devout Muslim|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=April 19, 2013|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130419/cn-canada-boston-marathon-suspects-aunt/#|accessdate=April 19, 2013}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes04192013">{{cite news|last=Goode|first=Erica|title=Brothers Seen as Good Students and Avid Athletes|newspaper=New York Times|date=April 19, 2013|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/us/details-of-tsarnaev-brothers-boston-suspects-emerge.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|accessdate=April 19, 2013 }}</ref> Their father was a traditional Muslim who reportedly shunned religious extremism.<ref name = Radia/> As children, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar lived in ] in Kyrgyzstan. In 2001, the family moved to ], ], in the Russian Federation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/21/us/tamerlan-tsarnaev-timeline|title=Timeline: A look at Tamerlan Tsarnaev's past|newspaper=CNN|date=April 21, 2013|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name="WashPost04192013">{{cite news|last=Finn|first=Peter| title=Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were refugees from brutal conflict|newspaper=Washington Post|date=April 19, 2013|url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/details-emerge-on-suspected-boston-bombers/2013/04/19/ef2c2566-a8e4-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html|accessdate=April 19, 2013}}</ref><ref name = "SullivanAP04192013">{{cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Eileen| title = Manhunt in Boston after bombing suspect is killed|agency=Associated Press|date=April 19, 2013|url= http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130419/DA5OPNCO2.html|accessdate=April 19, 2013}}</ref>

In April 2002, the Tsarnaev parents and Dzhokhar went to the United States<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite news|url= http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324493704578432030609754740.html|title=Boston Bombing Suspect Killed in Shootout|date=April 19, 2013|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|first1=Evan|last1=Perez|first2=Jennifer|last2=Smith|first3= Pervaiz|last3=Shallwani |accessdate=April 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/us/boston-marathon-bombings.html|title=One Boston Bombing Suspect Is Dead, Second at Large; Area on Lockdown|date =April 19, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|first1=Katharine Q |last1=Seelye|first2=Michael|last2=Cooper}}</ref><ref name="captured">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/19/us/boston-area-violence/|title='Captured!!!' Boston police announce Marathon bombing suspect in custody|first1=Chelsea J|last1=Carter|first2=Gregory ‘Greg’|last2= Botelho|date=April 20, 2013|newspaper=CNN}}</ref> on a 90-day ], and the father applied for ], citing fears of deadly persecution due to his ties to ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/us/boston-marathon-bombings.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|title=Bombing Inquiry Turns to Motive and Russian Trip|author=Eric Schmitt, Michael S. Schmidt, Ellen Barry|publisher=New York Times}}</ref> Tamerlan arrived on his own around 2004.<ref name="wsj"/> In the U.S. the parents received asylum and then filed for their four children, who were given "derivative asylum status".<ref name="businessweek2">{{cite web|last=Mattingly |first=Phil |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-04-20/boston-bombing-suspect-apprehended-at-watertown-home#p2 |title=Boston Bombing Suspect Apprehended at Watertown Home |publisher=Businessweek |date=September 11, 2012 |accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref> In March 2007, the family was granted legal ] in the U.S.<ref name="wsj">{{cite news|url=http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-216040/ |title=Life in America Unraveled for Brothers|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref> The family settled in ]. Tamerlan lived in ] on Norfolk Street until his death.<ref name=nytimes1>{{cite news|title=Boy at Home in U.S., Swayed by One Who Wasn’t|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/us/details-of-tsarnaev-brothers-boston-suspects-emerge.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|newspaper=New York Times|date=April 19, 2013}}</ref> Both of Tsarnaev’s parents received welfare benefits, and Dzhokhar and Tamerlan were recipients through their parents when they were younger.<ref name="bostonherald1"></ref>

The brother's parents Zubeidat and Anzor Tsarnaev divorced in 2011 after a 25-year marriage. The couple had no personal property or real estate to divide and listed no retirement or pension benefits. They gave the reason for their split as "irretrievable breakdown of the marriage" with "no chance of reconciling our differences."<ref>{{cite web|last=Bykowicz |first=Julie |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-23/mom-shoplifts-as-her-boys-become-radicalized.html |title=Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s Family Crumbled Before Boston Bombs |publisher=Bloomberg |date= |accessdate=2013-04-25}}</ref> Anzor's move toward Islam was a factor in the breakdown of the marriage.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cullison |first=Alan |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324235304578437131250259170.html |title=Boston Marathon Bombings: Turn to Religion Split Bomb Suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Home - WSJ.com |publisher=Online.wsj.com |date= |accessdate=2013-04-25}}</ref>

==Dzhokhar Tsarnaev==
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===Early life===
Born in Kyrgyzstan, Dzhokhar (also spelled Djokhar) Tsarnaev emigrated with his family to the United States when he was 8 years old. He became a ] U.S. citizen on September 11, 2012.<ref name="WPostGowen04192013"/><ref name="captured"/><ref name="WashPost04192013"/> His brother's boxing coach, who had not seen them in a few years at the time of the bombings, said that "the young brother was like a puppy dog, following his older brother".<ref>{{cite web|last=Schuppe|first=Jon|title=Brothers' Classic Immigrant Tale Emerges as Relatives Speak Out|url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/Boston-Bombing-Suspects-are-Russian-Brothers-Officials-Say-203757531.html|publisher=]|accessdate=April 21, 2013|date=April 19, 2013}}</ref><ref name="straddledcultures">{{cite web|title=Brothers Suspected in Boston Bombing Straddled Cultures|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-19/brothers-suspected-in-boston-bombing-straddled-cultures.html|publisher=]|accessdate=April 21, 2013|coauthors=Esmé E. Deprez & Prashant Gopal|date=April 19, 2013}}</ref>

He graduated from the ].<ref name="nytimes1"/> He was an avid wrestler, captain of his high-school wrestling team, and a Greater Boston League Winter All-Star.<ref name="nytimes1"/><ref name="WashPost04192013"/> During high school, he sometimes worked as a lifeguard at ].<ref>Jared Lucky, , Harvard Crimson (April 19, 2013).</ref> He graduated from high school in 2011.<ref name="WashPost04192013"/> That year, the City of Cambridge awarded him a $2,500 scholarship.<ref name="nytimes1"/>

At the time of the bombing, Dzhokhar was a sophomore at the ], with a major in ], living in the school's Pine Dale Hall dorm.<ref name="bostonglobe1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/19/relatives-marathon-bombing-suspects-worried-that-older-brother-was-corrupting-sweet-younger-sibling/UCYHkiP9nfsjAtMjJPWJJL/story.html|title=Two brothers, two paths|publisher=The Boston Globe|date=September 11, 2012|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name="whatweknowNPR">{{cite web|last=Chappell|first=Bill|url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/20/178112198/the-tsarnaev-brothers-what-we-know-about-the-boston-bombing-suspects|title=The Tsarnaev Brothers: What We Know about the Boston Bombing Suspects: The Two-Way|publisher=NPR|accessdate=April 20, 2013}}</ref> He was struggling academically, having received seven failing grades over three semesters, including ''F''s in Principles of Modern Chemistry, Introduction to American Politics, and Chemistry and the Environment.<ref name="nytimes1"/> He had said that he hoped to become a dentist.<ref name="WashPost04192013"/><ref name="friendshocked">{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/04/19/bombing-suspect-attended-umass-dartmouth-prompting-school-closure-college-friend-shocked-charge-boston-marathon-bomber/YcEDA5nvNDi0T1jJTNjKiP/story.html|title=Bombing Suspect Attended UMass Dartmouth, Prompting School Closure; College Friend Shocked by Charge He Is Boston Marathon Bomber|newspaper= Boston}}</ref>

Dzhokhar was described as "normal" and popular among fellow students. His friends said he sometimes used marijuana,<ref name="heraldpot">Matt Stout and Donna Goodison.," '']'', April 20, 2013.</ref> liked ], and did not talk to them about politics.<ref name="Henderson">Barney Henderson, "," '']'', April 20, 2013.</ref> He volunteered in the ] program.<ref name="TwoBrothers">{{cite news|author=Russell, Jenna et. al. |url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/19/relatives-marathon-bombing-suspects-worried-that-older-brother-was-corrupting-sweet-younger-sibling/UCYHkiP9nfsjAtMjJPWJJL/story.html |title=Two Brothers, Two Paths |publisher=The Boston Globe |date=April 19, 2013}}</ref> Many friends and other acquaintances found it inconceivable that he could be one of the two bombers at first,<ref name="TwoBrothers" /> calling it "completely out of his character".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/19/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-boston-bombing/2095953/|title=Details emerge on Boston suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev|last=diBlasio|first=Natalia|date=April 19, 2013|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> He was not perceived as foreign, spoke English well<ref name="Henderson" /> and fit in easily socially, being described by peers as " 'them'. He was 'us.' He was Cambridge."<ref name="Guardian419">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/19/boston-suspect-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-school|title=Boston bombing suspect was 'a lovely, lovely kid'|last=Williams|first=Matt|date=April 19, 2013|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref>

In 2011, he contacted a professor at UMass Dartmouth who taught a class about ], expressing his interest in the topic.<ref name="TwoBrothers" /> In 2012, Arlington Police ran a warrant check on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and checked his green Honda when they were investigating a report of an underage drinking party in ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Curran |first=Kathy |url=http://www.wcvb.com/news/investigative/Marathon-Bombing-suspects-stopped-several-times-by-law-enforcement/-/12520878/19851436/-/format/rsss_2.0/-/oski4y/-/index.html |title=Marathon Bombing suspects stopped several times by law enforcement &#124; Team 5 Investigates – WCVB Home |publisher=Wcvb.com |date=April 15, 2013 |accessdate=April 24, 2013}}</ref>

On the Russian-language social-networking site ], Dzhokhar described his "World View" as "Islam", and his personal priority as "career and money". He had posted links to Islamic websites, links to videos of fighters in the ], and links to pages advocating independence for Chechnya.<ref name="venerateislam">{{cite web|last=Graff|first=Peter|title=Boston suspect's Web page venerates Islam, Chechen independence|url=http://news.msn.com/us/boston-suspects-web-page-venerates-islam-chechen-independence|publisher=news.msn.com|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name="vk">{{cite web|title=Djohar Tsarnaev|url=http://vk.com/id160300242|publisher=vk.com|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref> Dzhokhar was also active on ]. On the day of the ], a year before the bombings, a post on his Twitter feed mentioned a ] verse often used by radical ]s and propagandists.<ref name="bostonglobe1"/>

===2013 Boston Marathon bombings===
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Along with his brother Tamerlan, Tsarnaev is accused of perpetrating the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, 2013.

===After the bombings===
Tsarnaev continued to tweet after the bombings, and sent a tweet telling the people of Boston to "stay safe".<ref name="autogenerated4">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/19/us/massachusetts-bombers-profiles/index.html |title=Boston suspects: An immigrant journey that went off track |publisher=CNN.com |date= |accessdate=April 20, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Henderson/> He returned to his university after the April 15 bombing and remained there until April 18, when the FBI released his pictures. During that time, he used the college gym and slept in his dorm; his friends said that he partied with them after the attacks and looked "relaxed".<ref name="TPMOrdinary">, Benjy Sarlin, ], April 19, 2013</ref><ref>Yashwant Raj, "," '']'', April 22, 2013.</ref>

===MIT killing, carjacking, firefight, and manhunt===
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Tsarnaev and his brother are accused of murdering of an MIT Police officer April 18 on the MIT campus, before traveling to the Allston neighborhood of Boston and carjacking an SUV and robbing the owner. When police found the stolen SUV and a Honda being driven by the brothers in the early hours of April 19, the suspects engaged in a shootout with police in ]. Dzhokhar was wounded and escaped from police by driving the stolen SUV at the officers who were arresting his brother, allegedly driving over his brother in the process. He then fled on foot. An unprecedented manhunt ensued involving thousands of police and military officers. The Boston metro area was effectively shut down all day on April 19.

After Dzhokhar's name was published in connection with the bombings, his uncle Ruslan Tsarni, who lives in ], pleaded with Dzhokhar through television to turn himself in "and ask for forgiveness", and said that he had shamed the family and the Chechen ethnicity.<ref>{{cite news|title=Boston Marathon bombers: suspect Dzhozkar Tsarnaev's uncle Ruslan Tsarni pleads 'turn yourself in'|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10006657/Boston-Marathon-bombers-suspect-Dzhozkar-Tsarnaevs-uncle-Ruslan-Tsarni-pleads-turn-yourself-in.html| place = UK | agency=Associated Press|date=April 19, 2013|work=The Telegraph|publisher= Telegraph Media|accessdate=April 19, 2013}}</ref>

===Arrest===
During the manhunt for him on the evening of April 19, Dzhokhar was discovered wounded in a boat in a ] backyard. David Henneberry, a resident who had left his home to smoke a cigarette, noticed that the cover on the boat was loose.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22285370</ref> He lifted the tarpaulin, saw a bloodied man, retreated into his house, and called ].<ref>{{citation |url = http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/20/us/boston-boat-spotter/index.html |title= In the end, Boston bombing suspect is done in by a flapping tarp |first1= Ben |last1= Brumfield |publisher= CNN |date= April 21, 2013}}</ref> Three Boston police officers responded and saw the bloody suspect who popped up from the boat and started a rapid exchange of gunfire with the police.<ref>{{citation| url= http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/04/19/gunfire-in-watertown-minutes-after-police-scale-back-search/ |date= April 19, 2013 |title= Captured – Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Caught In Watertown |publisher= CBS Boston (WBZ) |accessdate= April 24, 2013}}</ref>

Dzhokhar, who had been shot and was bleeding badly from gunshot wounds to his tongue and neck, as well as his leg, was taken into federal custody after a standoff. The authorities believed he had tried to kill himself, because the gunshot wound that went through his mouth and throat and exited the back of his neck appeared to be self-inflicted at close range.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tracking.si.com/2013/04/21/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-awake-boston-suspect-bombing-marathon-miranda-rights/ |title=Reports: Boston suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev awake, answering questions &#124; SI Tracking Blog |publisher=Tracking.si.com |date= |accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/us/boston-marathon-bombing-suspects-hoped-to-attack-again.html |title=Suspects Seemed Set for Attacks Beyond Boston |first=Eric |last=Schmitt |coauthors=Michael S. Schmidt |work=The New York Times |date=April 21, 2013 |accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref>

He was taken to ] in Boston, where he was treated for severe injuries in the ]. He was in serious but ] (updated to "fair" on April 23), and unable to speak because of the wound to his throat.<ref name="aljazeera2"/><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/23/17877288-search-of-tsarnaevs-phones-computers-finds-no-indication-of-accomplice-source-says?lite |title=Search of Tsarnaevs' phones, computers finds no indication of accomplice, source says – U.S. News |publisher=Usnews.nbcnews.com |date= |accessdate=April 24, 2013}}</ref> He responded to authorities in writing and by nodding his head,<ref name=abcnews-go>{{cite web|author=Alyssa Newcomb |url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/authorities-boston-bombing-suspect-responding-questions-writing/story?id=19009283#.UXSPHWOnbD0 |title=Authorities: Boston Bombing Suspect Is Responding to Questions in Writing |publisher=abcnews.com |date=April 21, 2012 |accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="huffingtonpost3">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/21/boston-marathon-bombing_n_3128700.html |title=Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Under Guard, Awaits Charges |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= April 21, 2013|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name=aljazeera1/><ref>{{cite web|last=Barrett |first=Devlin |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324493704578434893975585744.html |title=Search for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Over, Focus Shifts to Marathon Bombing Investigation - WSJ.com |publisher=wsj.com |date= |accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Associated Press |url=http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/04/for_bombing_suspects_question.html |title=For Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects, Question May Be Who Led Whom |publisher=SILive.com |date= |accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref> though he did manage to say the word "no" when asked if he could afford a lawyer.

=== Charges, questioning, and confessions ===
On April 22, Dzhokhar was charged in the ]. He was charged with "using and ] to use a ] resulting in death" and with "malicious destruction of property resulting in death", both in connection with the Boston Marathon attacks.<ref name="DMAtweet"> – U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts official Twitter</ref><ref name="DOJ affidavit"/> He could face the ] if he is convicted.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sari Horwitz, Jenna Johnson and Kathy Lally |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/alleged-bombers-aunt-tamerlan-tsarnaev-was-religious-but-not-radical/2013/04/22/ca8f3214-ab5c-11e2-a198-99893f10d6dd_story.html |title=Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Charged with Using ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’ |publisher=The Washington Post |date=February 16, 2011 |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> He is to be prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys William Weinreb and Aloke Chakravarty, of the Anti-Terrorism and National Security Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/alleged-bombers-aunt-tamerlan-tsarnaev-was-religious-but-not-radical/2013/04/22/ca8f3214-ab5c-11e2-a198-99893f10d6dd_story_2.html |title=Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Charged with Using ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’|publisher=The Washington Post|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref>

He is to be questioned by a federal ], a special ] group created to question high-value detainees, which will include members of the ], ], and ].<ref name="huffingtonpost2">{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/20/boston-bombers-mosque-cambridge_n_3125192.html?utm_hp_ref=religion |title=Boston Bomber Suspects Had Attended Cambridge Mosque, Officials Say |newspaper=Huffington post|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/19/17823265-we-got-him-boston-bombing-suspect-captured-alive?lite |title='We Got Him!': Boston Bombing Suspect Captured Alive |newspaper=NBCnews|date=April 21, 2012 |accessdate=April 20, 2013}}</ref><ref name=newsday-suspects>{{cite web|url=http://newyork.newsday.com/news/nation/suspected-bombers-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-tamerlan-tsarnaev-plot-difficult-for-law-enforcement-to-detect-1.5114258 |title=Suspected bombers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, plot difficult for law enforcement to detect |publisher=Bloomberg News Newsday|date= April 21, 2013|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref> Initially, Dzhokhar was questioned without being read his ], because the Justice Department invoked Miranda's ].<ref name="huffingtonpost4">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/22/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-miranda_n_3134745.html |title=Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Receives Miranda Rights after Delay for Public Safety Exception |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> On April 22, he was read his Miranda rights by a federal magistrate, nodded his head to answer the judge's questions, and answered "no" when asked whether he could afford a lawyer.<ref name="huffingtonpost4"/>

Officials said, after initial interrogations, that it was clear the attack was religiously motivated, but that so far there was no evidence that the brothers had any ties to Islamic terror organizations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/source-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombings-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-and-tamerlan-tsarnaev-motivated-by-religion-1.5116724 |title=Source: Suspects in Boston Marathon Bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Motivated by Religion |publisher=Newsday |date=April 16, 2013 |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.3news.co.nz/Boston-Marathon-bomb-suspect-charged/tabid/417/articleID/295221/Default.aspx|work=3 News NZ |title= Bombers 'motivated by religion'| date=April 23, 2013}}</ref> Officials also said that Dzhokhar acknowledged his role in the bombings and told interrogators that the U.S. wars in ] and ] motivated him and his brother to carry out the bombing.<ref>{{cite news|title=Boston bombing suspect cites U.S. wars as motivation, officials say|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/boston-bombing-suspect-cites-us-wars-as-motivation-officials-say/2013/04/23/324b9cea-ac29-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html|author=Wilson, Scott et al.|date=April 23, 2013|work=The Wasington Post|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/23/us/boston-attack/ |title=Official: Suspect says Iraq, Afghanistan drove Boston bombings |work=CNN |first=Michael |last=Pearson |date=April 23, 2013 |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref>

==Tamerlan Tsarnaev==
{{Infobox person
| name = Tamerlan Tsarnaev
| image = BostonSuspect1.jpg
| image_size =
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| birth_name = Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev<ref group="note" name="names in cyrillic" />
| occupation = Unemployed
| citizenship = ]n
| birth_date = {{birth date|1986|10|21}}
| birth_place = ], ], ]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|4|19|1986|10|21}}
| death_place = {{nowrap|], ], U.S.}}
| death_cause = pending
| religion = ]
| ethnicity = ]-]<ref name=mt/>
| relatives = 1 brother (Dzhokhar Tsarnaev), 2 sisters
| spouse = Katherine Russell (m. 2010)
| children = Zahara
}}
===Early life and education===
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was born in 1986 in the ], which is in the ],<ref name = "Wall Street Journal">{{cite news| title = Boston Marathon Bombings: Turn to Religion Split Bomb Suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Home | newspaper = The Wall Street journal | url= http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324235304578437131250259170.html |accessdate= April 22, 2013}}</ref> the ], in the ], and was a Russian citizen.<ref name="WPostGowen04192013">{{Citation | last = Gowen | first = Annie | last2 = Horwitz | first2 = Sari | last3 = Markon | first3 = Jerry | title = Boston lockdown lifted; marathon bombing suspect still at large | newspaper = ] | year = 2013 | date = April 19 | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/massive-police-operation-under-way-in-boston/2013/04/19/979ec6dc-a8c6-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_print.html | accessdate = April 19, 2013 }}</ref> He also became a ] of the U.S.<ref name="captured"/>

After arriving in the U.S. in 2002, he attended ].<ref name="wickedlocal1">{{cite web|last=Saltzman |first=Amy |url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1148865564/Slain-bombing-suspect-had-arrest-record-in-Cambridge#axzz2R2U9zJQQ |title= Slain bombing suspect had arrest record in Cambridge|publisher=Wickedlocal.com |date=July 28, 2009 |accessdate=April 20, 2013}}</ref> He applied for admission at the University of Massachusetts Boston for the fall of 2006, but was rejected.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bykowicz |first=Julie |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-04-23/mom-shoplifts-as-her-boys-become-radicalized |title=Tsarnaev Family Crumbled Before Boston Bombs |publisher=Businessweek |date= |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> He attended ] part-time for three terms between 2006 and 2008, studying accounting with hopes of becoming an engineer.<ref>{{cite news|author=David Randall |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-fbis-big-miss-boston-bombing-fugitive-shot-dead-was-on-radar-two-years-ago-8581570.html |title=The FBI's big miss: Boston bombing fugitive shot dead was on radar two years ago |publisher=The Independent |date= |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="WashPost04192013"/> He dropped out of school to concentrate on boxing.<ref name="thecomment"/><ref name="WashPost04192013"/>

===2008-2009===

An aspiring heavyweight boxer, Tamerlan trained at the Wai Kru Mixed Martial Arts Center, a Boston club.<ref name="thecomment">{{Citation | last = Hirn | first = Johannes | title = Will box for Passport: An Olympic Drive to become a United States citizen | newspaper = ''The Comment'' Graduate Students Magazine of Boston University's College of Communication | year = 2010 | date = | url = http://www.bu.edu/com/comment/library/downloads/2010_comment.pdf | accessdate = April 20, 2013 }}</ref> In 2009 and 2010, he was the New England ] heavyweight champion, winning the Rocky Marciano Trophy.<ref name="yahoo1">{{cite news|last=Iole |first=Kevin |url=http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/dead-boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-tamerlan-tsarnaev-had-174715975--box.html |title=Dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev had boxing aspirations |publisher=Sports.yahoo.com |date=May 28, 2012 |accessdate=April 20, 2013}}</ref><ref name="deadspin">{{Citation|last=Burke|first=Timothy|title=Everything we know about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, dead bombing suspect |newspaper=Deadspin|year=2013|date=April 19|url=http://deadspin.com/heres-everything-we-know-about-tamerlan-tsarnaev-the-476415081|accessdate = April 20, 2013}}</ref> In May 2009, he fought in the nationals in the 201-pound weight class, but lost a first-round decision.<ref name="yahoo1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-201_162-10016562.html|title=The boxing career of Tamerlan Tsarnaev|publisher=CBS News|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref>

During 2008 and 2009, he became a devout Muslim. He began to regularly attend the ] mosque near his home in Cambridge, a mosque described in ] and by ] as teaching, "a brand of Islamic thought that encourages grievances against the West, distrust of law enforcement and opposition to Western forms of government, dress and social values."<ref>{{cite web|author=Post to Facebook |url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/23/boston-mosque-radicals/2101411/ |title=Boston suspects' mosque has ties to convicted terrorists, fugitives and radical speakers |publisher=Usatoday.com |date=2010-09-23 |accessdate=2013-04-25}}</ref>

His uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, said "he had been concerned about his nephew being an extremist since 2009" indicating that Tamerlan's radicalization started not during his visit to Russia in January 2012, but much earlier in Boston after he was heavily influenced by a Muslim ideologue. He said in a television interview: "Outside influences clearly 'brainwashed' Tamerlan, specifically an Armenian man who also lived in Cambridge and had recently converted to Islam. I was shocked when I heard his words, his phrases, when every other word he starts sticking in words of God … It wasn't devotion, it was something, as it's called, being radicalized."<ref name=cnn-interview>{{cite web|url=http://nation.time.com/2013/04/20/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-boston-bombing-suspects/#ixzz2R8nGgRNq|last= Waxman|first=Olivia B.|title=Brother’s Keeper: Did Older Sibling Lure Bombing Suspect Into Plot? |publisher= '']'' online |date=April 20, 2013|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref> The individual was identified as Misha, who visited the household and talked to Tamerlan Tsarnaev for hours and was instrumental in eventually making him drop his interest in music and eventually leaving his boxing career.<ref name=ap-cbs>{{cite web|url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/04/24/family-tamerlan-tsarnaev-influenced-by-mysterious-radical-misha/|author=Adam Goldman, Eric Tucker, Matt Apuzzo and Associated Press|title=Family: Tamerlan Tsarnaev Influenced By Mysterious Radical ‘Misha’ |publisher= AP as reported on CBS |date=April 24, 2013|accessdate=April 25, 2013}}</ref> Misha's influence was also confirmed by Elmirza Khozhugov, Tamerlan's former brother-in-law. Khozhugov added that after his conversion, Tamerlan had huge influence on Dzhokhar and his sisters. According to him Tamerlan was idolized by his siblings. "You could always hear his younger brother and sisters say 'Tamerlan said this,' and 'Tamerlan said that'. Dzhokhar loved him. He would do whatever Tamerlan would say," he said.<ref name=maillondon>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2314095/The-hunt-Misha-Bomb-investigators-search-mysterious-bald-red-bearded-Armenian-man-accused-radicalizing-Tamerlan.html|last=Nye|first=James|title=The hunt for Misha: Bomb investigators search for mysterious 'bald, red-bearded Armenian man' accused of radicalizing Tamerlan |publisher= ''The Daily Mail''|date=April 24, 2013|accessdate=April 25, 2013}}</ref>

He demanded that his girlfriend cover herself and convert to Islam, and would shout at her that she was a prostitute and a slut.<ref name="DOJ affidavit"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/2013/04/19/178005635/friends-family-describe-suspects-in-boston-marathon-attack |author= |title=Friends, Family Describe Suspects In Boston Marathon Attack |publisher=NPR |date=April 19, 2013 |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> He was arrested at his home at 410 Norfolk Street in Cambridge, on July 28, 2009, for ] ] and ], after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend.<ref name="wickedlocal1"/><ref name="ForeignPolicy04192013"> {{cite web | last = Kenner | first = David | title = Who Is Tamerlan Tsarnaev | publisher = Foreign Policy | date = April 19, 2013 | url = http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/04/19/who_is_tamerlan_tzarnaev? | accessdate = April 19, 2013 }}</ref> The woman had called 9-1-1 “crying hysterically” to report that she had been “beat up by her boyfriend”, according to the arrest report.<ref name="wgntv1"/> His father remarked: "Because of his girlfriend, he hit her lightly, he was locked up for half an hour." The case was dismissed for lack of prosecution, and he therefore could not be deported for it, but his father attributed the delay in gaining citizenship to the incident.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bykowicz |first=Julie |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-04-23/mom-shoplifts-as-her-boys-become-radicalized#p2 |title=Tsarnaev Family Crumbled Before Boston Bombs |publisher=Businessweek |date= |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="nytimes1"/>

===2010===

According to a 2010 photo essay about him in ''The Comment'', the graduate student magazine of ]'s College of Communications, Tamerlan said that he was working to become a naturalized citizen in time to be selected for the U.S. Olympic boxing team. He added that he would "rather compete for the United States than for Russia",<ref name="deadspin"/><ref name="thecomment"/> while remarking that he "didn’t understand" Americans and did not have any American friends.<ref name="thecomment"/> He also said that he abstained from drinking and smoking, because "God says no to alcohol."<ref>{{cite web|author=Thomson Reuters Foundation |url=http://www.trust.org/item/?map=timeline-lives-of-tamerlan-and-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-2006-2013/ |title=Thomson Reuters Foundation |publisher=Trust.org |date= |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> He added: "There are no values anymore. People can't control themselves."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/the-brothers-who-paralysed-boston-20130420-2i6sf.html |title=The brothers who paralysed Boston |publisher=Brisbanetimes.com.au |date=July 9, 2003 |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> Pro super middleweight ], who fights at the much lighter weight of 168 pounds, sparred with Tsarnaev in 2010, and said that though Tsarnaev hit hard he lacked competitiveness and immediately complained of stomach pain and rib pain, and described him as arrogant but a coward.<ref name="yahoo1"/> Tamerlan's landlord said that his boxing aspirations were never met, because: "His back was in really bad shape and he couldn't get into the Olympics."<ref>{{cite web|last=Cullison |first=Alan |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323809304578432501435232278.html|title=Life in America Unraveled for Brothers - WSJ.com |publisher=Online.wsj.com|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref> His coach and another boxer described him as talented, cool and arrogant.<ref>Emily Yoffe, "," '']'', April 19, 2013</ref><ref>Ron Borges, "," ''], April 20, 2013.</ref>

According to an aunt in Dagestan, "He started to be really interested in Islam about three years ago , but he was never a radical."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rt.com/news/tamerlan-tsarnaev-relative-boston-160/|title=‘Tamerlan was not a religious fanatic’ – Tsarnaevs’ relative to RT|work=Russia Today|date=April 22, 2013|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref>

Tamerlan dated Katherine Russell from ], ], on and off while<ref name="londonindependent">{{cite news|last=|first=|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/boston-marathon-bombings-tamerlan-tsarnaevs-american-wife-learned-he-was-wanted-from-tv-8582959.html|title=Boston Marathon bombings: Tamerlan Tsarnaev's American wife learned he was wanted from TV|publisher=AP as reported in ''The Independent'' |date=April 22, 2013 |accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref> she attended ] from 2007 to 2010. After a year at the university, she started wearing a ].<ref name="london-telegraph">{{cite news|last=Swaine|first=Jon|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10007326/Tamerlan-Tsarnaevs-wife-Katherine-Russell-wore-the-hijab-after-converting-to-Islam.html|title=Tamerlan Tsarnaev's wife Katherine Russell wore the hijab after converting to Islam|publisher= ''The Daily Telegraph'' |date=April 20, 2013 |accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref> In the Spring of 2010 Russell, who was then pregnant with Tsarnaev's child, dropped out of college in her senior year <ref>{{cite web|author=Lydia Warren |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2313484/Boston-bombing-suspect-Tamerlan-Tsarnaevs-ex-girlfriend-Nadine-Ascencao-revealed.html |title=Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's ex-girlfriend Nadine Ascencao revealed |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date= |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> and they married on June 21, 2010.<ref name="wgntv1">{{cite web|author= |url=http://wgntv.com/2013/04/23/boston-bombing-suspects-widow-assisting-investigation-lawyer-says/ |title=Boston bombing suspect’s widow assisting investigation, lawyer says |publisher=WGN-TV |date= |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="couriermail1">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/world/boston-bombing-suspect-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-speaks-after-being-charged-in-hospital/story-fnd12peo-1226626662072 |title=Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's wife Katherine Russell 'had no idea of plot' |publisher=The Courier-Mail |date=September 11, 2001 |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="hpost">{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Michelle R.|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/22/katherine-russell-tsarnaev-feds-interview_n_3131242.html|title=Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, wife of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, wanted by Feds for interview|publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date=April 22, 2013 |accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="nypost">{{cite web|last1=Celona|first1=Larry|last2=Rosario|first2=Frank|last3=Greene|first3=Leonard|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/fbi_bid_to_quiz_widow_about_plot_HXR1QdgSo7IW6G6Yd0tHoL|title=Wife of suspected Boston Marathon bomber faces FBI's heat|publisher='']'' |date=April 22, 2013 |accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref> Raised Christian, she converted to Islam.<ref name="bostonglobe1"/><ref name="huffingtonpost1">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/20/tamerlan-tsarnaev-funeral-boston-bomber_n_3123798.html |title=Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Suspected Boston Bomber, May Not Get Islamic Funeral From Wary Muslims |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref>

===2011===

In early 2011, the Russian ] (FSB) domestic intelligence security agency told the FBI that Tamerlan was a follower of radical Islam and a strong believer. The FSB said that he had changed drastically since 2010, and was preparing to leave the United States to travel to the Russian region to join unspecified underground groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/2011-request-for-information-on-tamerlan-tsarnaev-from-foreign-government |title=FBI — 2011 Request for Information on Tamerlan Tsarnaev from Foreign Government |publisher=Fbi.gov |date= |accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost1">{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fbi-got-information-from-foreign-government-that-tamerlan-tsarnaev-was-radical-islam-follower/2013/04/20/d171986c-a9d9-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html |author=Adam Goldman and Eileen Sullivan |title=FBI got information from Russian FSB that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was radical Islam follower |publisher=The Washington Post |date= |accessdate=April 20, 2013}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost1"/> The FBI initially denied that it had contacted Tsarnaev, but then revealed that it had, after Tsarnaev's mother talked about the FBI's contacts with her son with ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/04/20/cbs-news-fbi-interviewed-tamerlan-tsarnaev-2-years-ago/ |title=FBI Interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev 2 Years Ago |work=CBS Boston |date=April 20, 2013 |accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref> The FBI said that it interviewed him and relatives of his, but did not find any terrorist activity, and that it provided the results in the summer of 2011.<ref name="washingtonpost1"/> At that point, the FBI asked the FSB for more information, but the Russians did not respond to the American request, and the FBI officially closed the case.<ref name=failure>{{cite web|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/boston-bombing-seen-as-us-russian-intelligence-failure/478985.html |title=Boston Bombing Seen as U.S.-Russian Intelligence Failure |publisher=The Moscow Times |date=December 15, 2011 |accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref> His mother said that FBI agents had told her they feared Tamerlan was an "extremist leader," and that he was getting information from "extremist sites".<ref name="DOJ affidavit"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Sherwell|first=Philip |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10008004/Boston-bomber-arrested-Tamerlan-Tsarnaev-was-questioned-by-FBI-in-2011.html |title=Boston bomber arrested: Tamerlan Tsarnaev was questioned by FBI in 2011|publisher=Telegraph|accessdate=April 20, 2013}}</ref> She said that Tamerlan had nevertheless been under FBI surveillance for at least three years and that "they were controlling every step of him." The FBI flatly denied this accusation.<ref>, ], April 19, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newyork.newsday.com/news/nation/tamerlan-tsarnaev-s-citizenship-bid-part-of-widening-boston-bombings-probe-1.5114418 |title=Tamerlan Tsarnaev's citizenship bid part of widening Boston bombings probe |publisher=newsday.com |date=September 11, 2012 |accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref> At some point he applied for U.S. citizenship, but ] held up its being granted to him because of a record of a 2011 FBI interview of him.<ref>{{cite news|last=Preston|first=Julia|title=F.B.I. Interview Led Homeland Security to Hold Up Citizenship for One Brother|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/us/tamerlan-tsarnaevs-citizenship-held-up-by-homeland-security.html?_r=0|newspaper=New York Times|date=April 20, 2013}}</ref>

===2011 Waltham murders===
{{Main|2011 Waltham murders}}

Three Jewish men, Brendan Mess, Erik Weissman, and Raphael Teken<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/bloggish/item/did_tamarlan_tsarnaev_kill_his_jewish_friends |title=Did Tamarlan Tsarnaev kill his Jewish friends? |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=September 12, 2011 |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://forward.com/articles/175264/slain-boston-bomb-suspect-tamerlan-tsarnaev-eyed-i/ |title=Slain Boston Bomb Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev Eyed in Jewish Triple Murder – |publisher=Forward.com |date= |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> were killed in a ] in ], Massachusetts, on September 11, 2011, on the 10-year anniversary of the ]. All had their throats slit, marijuana and money were left covering their bodies, and $5,000 was left at the scene. The local district attorney said that it appeared that the killer and the victims knew each other. ] reported on April 23, 2013, that authorities now believe Tamerlan may have been responsible for the triple homicide and have reopened the investigation.<ref>{{cite news|author=Adrian Walker |url=http://boston.com/metrodesk/2013/04/22/police-probe-possible-link-between-marathon-bomber-and-unsolved-triple-homicide-waltham/T6MgaX0lur7plZrGj0HsvO/story.html |title=Police probe possible link between Marathon bomber and unsolved triple homicide in Waltham |publisher=Boston.com |date=September 12, 2011 |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="theepochtimes1">{{cite news|url=http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/21951-link-to-2011-murders-probed-in-tsarnaev-case/ |author= |title=Link to 2011 Murders Probed in Tsarnaev Case |publisher=Theepochtimes.com |date= |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|author= |url=http://www.news.com.au/world-news/suspected-boston-bomber-tamerlan-tsarnaev-linked-to-grisly-2011-triple-murder/story-fndir2ev-1226626712280 |title=Suspected Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev 'linked to grisly 2011 triple murder' |publisher=News.com.au |date= |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="abcnews1">{{cite news|last=Mcphee |first=Michele |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/boston-bomb-suspect-eyed-connection-2011-triple-murder/story?id=19015628#.UXYXeVfhf5n |title=Boston Bomb Suspect Eyed in Connection to 2011 Triple Murder |publisher=ABC News |date=April 15, 2013 |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref>

===2012–2013===
Tamerlan traveled to Russia in January 2012.<ref name="autogenerated4"/> During the six months he was overseas, he visited the ], including Dagestan and Chechnya, an area of separatist movements, ethnic rivalries, extremist Islamic ideology, and a "hotbed" of militant Islamic activity.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/boston-bombing-suspect-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-condition-interrogated/story?id=19009283#.UXRnXlfhf5k|title=Boston Bombing Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Is in 'No Condition to be Interrogated'|newspaper=ABC News|date=April 15, 2013|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name=newsday-suspects/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/21/boston-bombing-suspect-ta_n_3125896.html|title=Boston Bombing Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev Questioned By FBI In 2011, After Suspicions Raised About Radical Islamism|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref> ] Chairman ] said he believed that Tamerlan had received training during the trip, and had become radicalized.<ref name="autogenerated5">{{cite news|url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/21/house-homeland-security-chairman-believes-suspect-trained-in-russia |title=House Homeland Security chairman believes suspect trained in Russia|newspaper=CNN|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref> His father said that he was with him in ], Dagestan, for six months and that they had done ordinary things, such as visiting relatives.<ref name=tom22apr>{{cite news|last=Balmforth|first=Tom|title='A Clear Setup': The Conspiracy Theory of the Boston Bombing Suspects' Father|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/04/father-of-boston-bombing-suspects-says-situation-is-clear-setup/275168/|accessdate=April 22, 2013|newspaper=The Atlanticl|date=April 22, 2013|location=Makhachkala}}</ref> However, Tamerlan was seen by Dagestan police engaging in surveillance making six visits to a known Islamic militant in a ] mosque in Makhachkala.<ref>{{cite news|last=Foster|first=Peter |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10008638/Boston-bomber-FBI-dropped-the-ball-over-Tamerlan-Tsarnaev.html |title=Boston bomber: FBI 'dropped the ball' over Tamerlan Tsarnaev|newspaper=Telegraph|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/22034735/charges-likely-sunday-for-boston-marathon-bombing-suspect|title=Charges likely Sunday for Boston Marathon bombing suspect|publisher=WRCBtv|date=April 17, 2013|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref> According to some media reports, during the trip Tamerlan was "hardening his ties to radical Islamists at a radical mosque".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/22/the-caucasus-connection.html|title=The Caucasus Connection: At a radical mosque in Dagestan, alleged marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev is remembered by many worshippers—and the secret police. By Anna Nemtsova|author=Anna Nemtsova|date=April 22, 2013|newspaper=The Daily Beast}}</ref> His father also said that Tamerlan and he visited Chechnya twice to visit their relatives living there during Tamerlan's stay.<ref name=tom22apr/>

His returned to the United States on July 17, 2012, with a long, thick beard.<ref name="miamiherald1">{{cite web|last=Mollayev |first=Arsen |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/22/3358881/aunt-boston-bombings-suspect-struggled.html |title=Aunt: Boston Bombings Suspect Struggled with Islam|publisher=Miami Herald|date=August 14, 2009 |accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Fox |first=Alison |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324493704578434902549213938.html |title=Boston Bomb Suspect's Neighbor Describes Friendly Argument on Religion, Politics |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name="bostonglobe1"/><ref name="autogenerated4"/> His life took on an "increasingly puritanical religious tone" with "Islamist certainty".<ref name=Englund20130420>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/bombing-suspects-youtube-account-mirrored-jihadist-conflicts-in-caucasus/2013/04/20/5ca2066e-a9d6-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html|title=Conflict in the Caucasus, reflected in suspect's YouTube playlist|newspaper=Washington Post|date=April 20, 2013|author=Will Englund and and Peter Finn}}</ref> He appeared, to some family members, to have become an "extremist".<ref name = Radia>{{cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/boston-bomb-suspect-alarmed-russian-relatives-extremist-views/story?id=19006449#.UXK9G4ImzmI|title=Boston Bomb Suspect Alarmed Russian Relatives With Extremist Views|date=April 20, 2013| first =Kirit|last=Radia|newspaper=ABC news}}</ref>

After he came back, he created a ] channel with playlist links to two videos which were tagged under a category labeled "Terrorists", including one to Islamic militant Abu Dujana; the videos were later deleted.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/22/what-was-tamerlan-tsarnaev-doing-in-russia/ |title=What was Tamerlan Tsarnaev doing in Russia? |newspaper=CNN |date=April 22, 2013|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated6">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/21/us/tamerlan-tsarnaev-timeline/ |title=Timeline: A look at Tamerlan Tsarnaev's past|newspaper=CNN|date=April 21, 2013|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref> ] and the ] found a screen grab of one of the videos, which featured members of the militant Islamist group ] from the North Caucasus.<ref name="autogenerated6"/> He also linked to ] videos on Youtube, including ones by a radical cleric ]; in one video, voices can be heard singing in Arabic as bombs explode.<ref name=newsday-suspects>{{cite web|url=http://newyork.newsday.com/news/nation/suspected-bombers-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-tamerlan-tsarnaev-plot-difficult-for-law-enforcement-to-detect-1.5114258|author=|title=Suspected bombers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, plot difficult for law enforcement to detect |publisher=Bloomberg News / Newsday|date=April 21, 2013|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/04/20/fbi-investigated-tamerlan-tsarnaev-for-plans-to-join-underground-groups/|author=|title=FBI Probed Tamerlan Tsarnaev For Plans To Join 'Underground Groups' |publisher=CBS New York |date=May 4, 2009|accessdate=April 20, 2013}}</ref><ref name="WashPost04192013"/> He frequently read extremist sites, including ]'s Yemen affiliate's ''Inspire'' online magazine.<ref name="couriermail1"/>

Tamerlan was pulled over by police in Boston, ], and Cambridge at least nine times in 4 years. The source does not state which years these were exactly.<ref>{{cite web|last=Curran |first=Kathy |url=http://www.wcvb.com/news/investigative/Marathon-Bombing-suspects-stopped-several-times-by-law-enforcement/-/12520878/19851436/-/format/rsss_2.0/-/oski4y/-/index.html#ixzz2RKyeDNML |title=Marathon Bombing suspects stopped several times by law enforcement &#124; Team 5 Investigates – WCVB Home |publisher=Wcvb.com |date=April 15, 2013 |accessdate=April 24, 2013}}</ref> Tamerlan, his wife Katherine, and their child were receiving state welfare benefits as late as 2012, but not at the time of the Marathon Bombings in April 2013.<ref name="bostonherald1"/> Katherine's lawyer said that at the time of the bombing, Tamerlan was unemployed<ref name="bostonglobe1"/> and helping take care of their daughter, while Katherine worked over 70 hours a week as a home health care aide, to support her family.<ref name="londonindependent"/>

In January 2013, Tamerlan disrupted a ] ] at a mosque in Cambridge. He objected to the speaker's comparison of the ] to ] Tamerlan was shouted down by the congregation and was later asked not to return to the mosque unless he was willing to refrain from shouting during sermons. The mosque said Tamerlan had also disrupted a sermon before.<ref>Beth Daley and Martin Finucane. "," ''], April 21, 2013.</ref>

===2013 Boston Marathon bombings===
{{Main|Boston Marathon bombings}}

With his brother, Tamerlan is accused of perpetrating the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, 2013, and on April 18 of killing of an MIT Police officer, and carjacking.

===Death===
Tamerlan became ] in the early hours of April 19, 2013 in ], a suburb of Boston. He was shot by police and captured but than he was struck by a stolen SUV driven by brother Dzhokhar and dragged underneath the vehicle for {{convert|20|ft|m}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312643/Boston-bomb-suspect-Commissioner-Ed-Davis-says-Dzhokhar-Tsarnaev-killed-brother.html |title=Boston bomb suspect: Commissioner Ed Davis says Dzhokhar Tsarnaev killed his brother|newspaper=Daily Mail|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref> He was taken unconscious to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where, after efforts to revive him by emergency medical personnel, he was pronounced dead from massive blood loss and cardiac and respiratory arrest.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/04/19/beth-israel-deaconess-medical-staff-tried-revive-suspect-killed-shoot-out/EklhnOS3cRiFmrWSBcje5O/story.html |title=Beth Israel Deaconess medical staff tried to revive suspect killed in shoot-out|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=April 19, 2013|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name=ban20apr>{{cite news|title=Boston Marathon bombing investigation turns to motive|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/20/us-usa-explosions-boston-shooting-idUSBRE93I0GQ20130420?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=71&google_editors_picks=true|accessdate=April 20, 2013|newspaper=Reuters|date=April 20, 2013|author=Ben Berkowitz|author2=Ross Kerber|location=Boston}}</ref>

The parents of his wife, Katherine Russell, released a statement saying: "Our daughter has lost her husband today, the father of her child. We cannot begin to comprehend how this horrible tragedy occurred. In the aftermath of the Patriot's Day horror, we know that we never really knew Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Our hearts are sickened by the knowledge of the horror he has inflicted."<ref name="globe-mail">{{cite news|last=Hui|first=Ann|title=How an ‘All-American’ girl met and married Tamerlan Tsarnaev|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/how-all-american-girl-met-tamerlan-tsarnaev-converted-to-islam-and-married-him/article11452942/|newspaper=Globe and Mail|accessdate=April 22, 2013|date=April 22, 2013}}</ref>

== See also ==
* ]
* ]<ref name="timesofisrael">, ]/], April 23, 2013</ref>
* ], Somali-American arrested for the ]
* ], American who was convicted of the 1996 ], a similar deadly terrorist attack on an urban sporting event<ref name="ABColdwounds">, ''ABC News'', April 17, 2013</ref>
* ], Pakistani-American who confessed to the ], which included a pressure cooker bomb
* ], Afghan-American U.S. resident and al-Qaeda member, pleaded guilty in 2010 to planning bombings of New York City subway

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