[h=5]Frank Kummer, Emily Babay, and wire reports, PHILLY.COM[/h] Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 6:42 AM
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon twin bombings, is actively cooperating with investigators, according to various reports, and telling them his older brother, Tamerlan, organized the attack to defend Islam.
In another development, the Boston Globe is reporting that Tamerlan, who was killed during a shootout with law enforcement during the manhunt, is being eyed in a triple slaying in 2011.
Islamic radicalization
CNN and AP report that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was shot multiple times, and suffered a throat injury, wrote to investigators that he and the elder Tamerlan were self-radicalized and carrying out a jihad against perceived enemies of Islam. Presumably, that would be America.
However, the interviews are preliminary, sources told CNN, and all accounts need to be checked by investigators.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's answers led authorities to believe he and his brother might have been motivated by a radical brand of Islam, but had no major terror connections, said U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly, reported the Associated Press.
Meanwhile, ABC News is reporting that the two brothers, both ethnic Chechens, are believed to have followed the preaching of al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki through the Internet.
Al-Awlaki was an American-born jihadist who became an imam in Yemen. The charismatic al-Awlaki was said to be a recruiter and planner for al-Quaeda and posted YouTube videos, dubbing him the bin Laden of the Internet. He was killed in a U.S. drone attack in 2011.
The Tsarnaev brothers are believed to have used instructional videos found on the Internet to plot the attack, and information from al Qaeda’s online magazine on how to construct the pressure cooker bombs that exploded, killing three and injuring more than 180.
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Fifty-one people are still hospitalized, three of them in critical condition. At least 14 people lost all or part of a limb. Three people lost multiple limbs. Separately, it’s believed the Tsarnaevs also shot and killed MIT police officer Sean Collier during a manhunt.
An unsolved triple slaying
The Boston Globe is reporting that Tamerlan Tsarnaev is being eyed in connection with a gruesome triple slaying in 2011.
The newspaper reports that the “gruesome” killings involved the slaying of three young men found with their throats slit inside an apartment in Waltham, Mass. Their bodies were sprinkled with marijuana.
Members of the victims’ families are asking police to look into the slayings since Tamerlan was a close friend of one of the deceased. The killings took place at or near the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York. The bodies were found Sept. 12, 2011.
The Globe reports that Tamerlan, who was supposed to be a close friend of one of the victims, did not even attend the friend’s funeral. The friend was a martial arts instructor and trained at the same gym as Tamerlan.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon twin bombings, is actively cooperating with investigators, according to various reports, and telling them his older brother, Tamerlan, organized the attack to defend Islam.
In another development, the Boston Globe is reporting that Tamerlan, who was killed during a shootout with law enforcement during the manhunt, is being eyed in a triple slaying in 2011.
Islamic radicalization
CNN and AP report that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was shot multiple times, and suffered a throat injury, wrote to investigators that he and the elder Tamerlan were self-radicalized and carrying out a jihad against perceived enemies of Islam. Presumably, that would be America.
However, the interviews are preliminary, sources told CNN, and all accounts need to be checked by investigators.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's answers led authorities to believe he and his brother might have been motivated by a radical brand of Islam, but had no major terror connections, said U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly, reported the Associated Press.
Meanwhile, ABC News is reporting that the two brothers, both ethnic Chechens, are believed to have followed the preaching of al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki through the Internet.
Al-Awlaki was an American-born jihadist who became an imam in Yemen. The charismatic al-Awlaki was said to be a recruiter and planner for al-Quaeda and posted YouTube videos, dubbing him the bin Laden of the Internet. He was killed in a U.S. drone attack in 2011.
The Tsarnaev brothers are believed to have used instructional videos found on the Internet to plot the attack, and information from al Qaeda’s online magazine on how to construct the pressure cooker bombs that exploded, killing three and injuring more than 180.
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Reports: Suspects carrying out jihad; 1 eyed in slayings
15 months for hoax call to 'avenge' woman
EveryoneOn project aims to narrow the digital divide
A second child of doctor-shunning couple dies
Burlco woman, 77, ruled incompetent in husband’s death
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Fifty-one people are still hospitalized, three of them in critical condition. At least 14 people lost all or part of a limb. Three people lost multiple limbs. Separately, it’s believed the Tsarnaevs also shot and killed MIT police officer Sean Collier during a manhunt.
An unsolved triple slaying
The Boston Globe is reporting that Tamerlan Tsarnaev is being eyed in connection with a gruesome triple slaying in 2011.
The newspaper reports that the “gruesome” killings involved the slaying of three young men found with their throats slit inside an apartment in Waltham, Mass. Their bodies were sprinkled with marijuana.
Members of the victims’ families are asking police to look into the slayings since Tamerlan was a close friend of one of the deceased. The killings took place at or near the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York. The bodies were found Sept. 12, 2011.
The Globe reports that Tamerlan, who was supposed to be a close friend of one of the victims, did not even attend the friend’s funeral. The friend was a martial arts instructor and trained at the same gym as Tamerlan.