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Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev (/ ˌ t æ m ər ˈ l ɑː n ˌ t s ɑːr ˈ n aɪ ɛ f /; October 21, 1986 – April 19, 2013) [note 1] was a Russian-born terrorist of Chechen and Avar descent [3] [4] who, with his younger brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, planted pressure cooker bombs at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013.
Hours after the FBI released photos of the two suspects in the bombing, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev visited their family's apartment in Cambridge. There, they obtained five improvised explosive devices (IEDs), ammunition, a semiautomatic handgun, and a machete.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev had formerly described murder victim Brendan Mess, who lived a few blocks from him in Cambridge and was a year younger than Tsarnaev, as his best friend. [29] Tsarnaev had been a regular visitor at Mess's apartment where the murders took place, and authorities believe that they were roommates for a time. [ 29 ]
Tamerlan Tsarnaev had correctly answered questions about American history and demonstrated proficiency in the English, the Boston Globe reported Monday. Paper: Boston bomber passed citizen test ...
John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via GettyIt didn’t take law enforcement long to determine the culprits behind the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013: Chechen immigrant brothers Dzhokhar ...
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - Russian authorities warned the FBI in 2011 about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of two Chechen brothers accused of carrying out last year's Boston Marathon bombings, but U ...
Originally sentenced to death on June 24, 2015. Sentence overturned by a federal appeals court on July 31, 2020, [35] but re-imposed by Supreme Court on March 4, 2022. [36] Dzhokhar, along with his older brother Tamerlan planted a pressure cooker bomb at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring over 250 ...
In an ensuing manhunt, Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed. Following a trial in 2015, Tsarnaev was convicted of 30 charges including the use of a weapon of mass destruction. A jury also gave him a death ...