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The surviving suspect of the Boston Marathon bombing, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, scrawled messages inside the boat where he was hiding shortly before he was captured in which he said that he disliked killing innocent people but felt compelled to do so because of US attacks on Muslims, his indictment has revealed.The surviving suspect of the Boston Marathon bombing, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, scrawled messages inside the boat where he was hiding shortly before he was captured in which he said that he disliked killing innocent people but felt compelled to do so because of US attacks on Muslims, his indictment has revealed.
A grand jury indictment, unsealed on Thursday, also confirms earlier police reports that he was at least partially responsible for the death of his older brother, Tamerlan.A grand jury indictment, unsealed on Thursday, also confirms earlier police reports that he was at least partially responsible for the death of his older brother, Tamerlan.
The 74-page indictment against Tsarnaev charges the 19-year-old with killing three people in the Boston Marathon bombings on 15 April and with the later murder of a police officer. The document includes a wealth of new detail about the alleged actions leading up to the bombings and ensuing confrontation with police.The 74-page indictment against Tsarnaev charges the 19-year-old with killing three people in the Boston Marathon bombings on 15 April and with the later murder of a police officer. The document includes a wealth of new detail about the alleged actions leading up to the bombings and ensuing confrontation with police.
It suggests that as the younger Tsarnaev was lying bleeding in the boat, three days after the marathon bombings, he felt a need to explain his actions in writing. "Now I don't like killing innocent people it is forbidden in Islam," Tsarnaev wrote on an inside wall and beams of the drydocked boat in Watertown, a suburb of Boston where he was holed up on 19 April following a firefight with police. Then he added: "but due to said [unintelligible] it is allowed".It suggests that as the younger Tsarnaev was lying bleeding in the boat, three days after the marathon bombings, he felt a need to explain his actions in writing. "Now I don't like killing innocent people it is forbidden in Islam," Tsarnaev wrote on an inside wall and beams of the drydocked boat in Watertown, a suburb of Boston where he was holed up on 19 April following a firefight with police. Then he added: "but due to said [unintelligible] it is allowed".
He added: "The US government is killing our innocent civilians. I can't stand to see such evil go unpunished". He also said: "Stop killing innocent people and we will stop."He added: "The US government is killing our innocent civilians. I can't stand to see such evil go unpunished". He also said: "Stop killing innocent people and we will stop."
Tsarnaev is accused of having detonated the second marathon bomb fashioned out of a pressure cooker packed with explosive powder drawn from fireworks and shrapnel. He allegedly carried the device in a black backpack and placed it in front of Marathon Sports on Boylston Street near the finishing line of the race.Tsarnaev is accused of having detonated the second marathon bomb fashioned out of a pressure cooker packed with explosive powder drawn from fireworks and shrapnel. He allegedly carried the device in a black backpack and placed it in front of Marathon Sports on Boylston Street near the finishing line of the race.
The blast, at about 2.49pm on 15 April, killed Lingzi Lu, 23, and Martin Richard, eight, as well as maiming and seriously injuring many others. The bomb was set off only seconds after the first device was detonated by Tamerlan Tsarnaev killing Krystle Campbell, 29, the indictment says.The blast, at about 2.49pm on 15 April, killed Lingzi Lu, 23, and Martin Richard, eight, as well as maiming and seriously injuring many others. The bomb was set off only seconds after the first device was detonated by Tamerlan Tsarnaev killing Krystle Campbell, 29, the indictment says.
One of the mysteries surrounding the Boston bombing is how a sociable, fun-loving teenager like Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was a popular student at University of Massachusetts at Darmouth, became sufficiently radicalised to carry out such brutal outrages. The indictment contains new allegations about extremist literature that he downloaded onto his computer shortly before the attacks.One of the mysteries surrounding the Boston bombing is how a sociable, fun-loving teenager like Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was a popular student at University of Massachusetts at Darmouth, became sufficiently radicalised to carry out such brutal outrages. The indictment contains new allegations about extremist literature that he downloaded onto his computer shortly before the attacks.
He is said to have downloaded an e-book called The Slicing Sword: Against the One Who Forms Allegiances with the Disbelievers and Takes Them as Supporters Instead of Allah, His Messenger and the Believers. The book carries a foreword by Anwar al-Awlaki, the American citizen and prominent member of al-Qaida in the Arabian peninsula (Aqap) who was killed in his Yemeni hideout in 2011 by a US drone.He is said to have downloaded an e-book called The Slicing Sword: Against the One Who Forms Allegiances with the Disbelievers and Takes Them as Supporters Instead of Allah, His Messenger and the Believers. The book carries a foreword by Anwar al-Awlaki, the American citizen and prominent member of al-Qaida in the Arabian peninsula (Aqap) who was killed in his Yemeni hideout in 2011 by a US drone.
Tsarnaev also downloaded Defense of the Muslim Lands, the First Obligation After Imam by Abdullah Azzam, who the indictment labels the "father of global jihad". Tsarnaev, then 18, also dipped into an extremist web forum called At-Tibyan publications to retrieve a book about jihad that glorified martyrdom.Tsarnaev also downloaded Defense of the Muslim Lands, the First Obligation After Imam by Abdullah Azzam, who the indictment labels the "father of global jihad". Tsarnaev, then 18, also dipped into an extremist web forum called At-Tibyan publications to retrieve a book about jihad that glorified martyrdom.
The final download mentioned by the indictment was the first volume of Aqap's magazine, Inspire, which contains instructions on how to build a pressure-cooker bomb.The final download mentioned by the indictment was the first volume of Aqap's magazine, Inspire, which contains instructions on how to build a pressure-cooker bomb.
The indictment alleges that the brothers prepared themselves assiduously for their attack on the 117th Boston Marathon. In February Tamerlan travelled to Phantom Fireworks in Seabrook, New Hampshire, to buy 48 mortars containing 8lb of low-grade explosive powder.The indictment alleges that the brothers prepared themselves assiduously for their attack on the 117th Boston Marathon. In February Tamerlan travelled to Phantom Fireworks in Seabrook, New Hampshire, to buy 48 mortars containing 8lb of low-grade explosive powder.
The following month the brothers engaged in an hour's target practice at a firing range in Manchester, New Hampshire. Ten days before the marathon, Tamerlan made online purchases of electronic parts for use assembling the bombs, and on 14 April Dzhokhar opened up a pre-paid cell phone account under the name Jahar Tsarni.The following month the brothers engaged in an hour's target practice at a firing range in Manchester, New Hampshire. Ten days before the marathon, Tamerlan made online purchases of electronic parts for use assembling the bombs, and on 14 April Dzhokhar opened up a pre-paid cell phone account under the name Jahar Tsarni.
After the FBI had identified them as suspects and released their photographs to the public on 18 April, the indictment says the brothers armed themselves with five further bombs, a Ruger P95 semi-automatic handgun and ammunition, a machete and hunting knife. They drove in their own car to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where at about 10.25pm they allegedly shot a campus police officer, Sean Collier, in the head at close range.After the FBI had identified them as suspects and released their photographs to the public on 18 April, the indictment says the brothers armed themselves with five further bombs, a Ruger P95 semi-automatic handgun and ammunition, a machete and hunting knife. They drove in their own car to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where at about 10.25pm they allegedly shot a campus police officer, Sean Collier, in the head at close range.
Later they hijacked a Mercedes and drove it to Watertown, where the gunfight with police occurred. Shortly after midnight, three local police officers were struggling to constrain Tamerlan Tsarnaev and put him into handcuffs when Dzhokhar drove the Mercedes straight at them.Later they hijacked a Mercedes and drove it to Watertown, where the gunfight with police occurred. Shortly after midnight, three local police officers were struggling to constrain Tamerlan Tsarnaev and put him into handcuffs when Dzhokhar drove the Mercedes straight at them.
The indictment says the younger brother just missed one of the officers, who at the time was trying to drag the older Tsarnaev to safety. "Then Dzhokhar A Tsarnaev ran over Tamerlan Tsarnaev, seriously injuring him and contributing to his death."The indictment says the younger brother just missed one of the officers, who at the time was trying to drag the older Tsarnaev to safety. "Then Dzhokhar A Tsarnaev ran over Tamerlan Tsarnaev, seriously injuring him and contributing to his death."
Tamerlan died in hospital later that morning.Tamerlan died in hospital later that morning.
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