An aunt of the Boston bombing suspects said that their mother had called them after the attacks last week, and that they told her they were fine, and at work. (April 22)
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[Notes:Makhachkala, Russia – April 22, 2013]
AN AUNT OF THE BOSTON BOMBING SUSPECTS SAID THAT THEIR MOTHER HAD CALLED THEM AFTER THE ATTACKS LAST WEEK…
SHE SPOKE WITH THE A-P FROM HER HOME IN RUSSIA.
AND SAID 26-YEAR-OLD TAMERLAN TSARNAEV AND HIS 19-YEAR-OLD BROTHER DZHOKHAR TOLD THEIR MOTHER THIS:
[Notes:VOICE OF TRANSLATOR: Patimat Suleimanova, Aunt of Boston bombing suspects: “They said, ‘Mum, don’t worry, everything is normal, we are at work.’ So I stopped worrying.'”]
TAMERLIN SPENT SIX MONTHS IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA LAST YEAR … AND VISITED HIS AUNT AND UNCLE.
BUT SHE SAYS HE SEEMED TO BE MORE AMERICAN THAN CHECHEN.
[Notes:VOICE OF TRANSLATOR: Patimat Suleimanova, Aunt of Boston bombing suspects: “He didn’t fit into the Islamic world. He wore specific clothes and he wore a very interesting cap, which we later took off from him. Men here, young men, don’t wear such caps.”]
INVESTIGATORS ARE FOCUSING ON THE SIX MONTHS TAMERLAN SPENT HERE …
HE STAYED WITH HIS FATHER FOR AT LEAST PART OF THE TIME.
[Notes:NATS UP Uncle]
HIS UNCLE ADDED THAT HIS NEPHEW BEGAN TO STUDY ISLAM VIA THE INTERNET WHILE LIVING IN AMERICA
TAMERLAN WAS KILLED IN A GUN BATTLE WITH POLICE.
HOURS LATER … OFFICIALS CAPTURED DZHOKHAR ALIVE.
HE REMAINS IN HOSPITAL AND UNABLE TO SPEAK, WITH A WOUND TO THE THROAT.
NICOLE GRETHER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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