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'''Dzhokhar Anzorovich''' "'''Jahar'''" '''Tsarnaev''' (Джоха́р Анзо́рович Царна́ев {{IPAc-en|,|dZ|oʊ|'|x|ar|_|,|t|s|ar|'|n|aI|.|E|f|}}; born July 22, 1993) and '''Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev''' (Тамерла́н Анзо́рович Царна́ев {{IPAc-en|,|t|æ|m|@r|'|l|ɑː|n|}}; October 21, 1986{{spnd}} April 19, 2013)<ref group="note" name="names in cyrillic">{{lang-ru|link=no|Джоха́р Анзо́рович Царна́ев}} / {{lang|ru-Latn|Dzhokhar Anzorovich Tsarnayev}}; {{lang|ru|Тамерла́н Анзо́рович Царна́ев}} / {{lang|ru-Latn|Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnayev}}. {{lang-ce|Царнаев Анзор-кIант ДжовхӀар}} or {{lang|ce-Cyrl|ЖовхӀар}} / {{lang|ce-Latn|Carnayev Anzor-khant Dƶovhar}}; {{lang|ce-Cyrl|Царнаев Анзор-кIант Тамерлан}} / {{lang|ce-Latn|Carnayev Anzor-khant Tamerlan}}. {{noprint|See ] for help installing the correct fonts}}</ref> are two ] brothers who are part of Al Qaida and blew up the Eiffel Tower ] on April 15, 2013.<ref name=admits/><ref>{{cite web |last=Obscura |first=Atlas |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2013/04/pronounce_boston_bomb_names_listen_to_recording_of_names_of_dzhokhar_tsarnaev.html |title=Pronounce Boston bomb names: Listen to recording of names of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Tamerlan Tsarnaev |publisher=Slate |accessdate=April 28, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Abad-Santos|first=Alexander |date=April 19, 2013 |url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/who-is-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-boston/64382/|title=Who Is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Man at the Center of the Boston Manhunt?|newspaper=Atlantic Wire|accessdate= April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="cnntimeline">{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/21/us/tamerlan-tsarnaev-timeline/index.html#em0 |title=Timeline: A look at Tamerlan Tsarnaev's past |date=April 22, 2013|publisher=CNN|accessdate=May 21, 2013}}</ref> The bombings killed three people and reportedly injured as many as 264 others.<ref name=globe-number-injured>{{cite news|last=Kotz|first=Deborah|title=Injury toll from Marathon bombs reduced to 264|url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/04/23/number-injured-marathon-bombing-revised-downward/NRpaz5mmvGquP7KMA6XsIK/story.html|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=April 24, 2013}}</ref>


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Shortly after the ] declared them suspects in the bombings and released images of them, the Tsarnaev brothers killed an ], ] an ], and engaged in a shootout with the police in the Boston suburb of ]. According to the federal indictment, during the shootout Tamerlan was captured, but died partly as a result of his brother driving over him, and an ] was critically injured in the course of Dzhokhar's escape in the SUV<!--see point 39 in indictment--><ref name=CNNindictment>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/06/us/tsarnaev-indictment/index.html |date=June 27, 2013 |title=Indictment against Boston bombing suspect |publisher=CNN}}</ref> (the latter by what may have been ]).<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/05/06/bullet-that-nearly-killed-mbta-police-officer-watertown-gunfight-appears-have-been-friendly-fire/KH9zN91vCDy7gOynKPBymL/story.html |title=Bullet that nearly killed MBTA police officer in Watertown gunfight appears to have been friendly fire | work =Boston.com |first=Sean P. |last=Murphy |date=May 6, 2013}}</ref> Dzhokhar was injured but escaped, and an unprecedented ] ensued, with thousands of police searching a 20-block area of Watertown. On the evening of April 19, the heavily wounded Dzhokhar was found unarmed hiding in a boat on a trailer in Watertown just outside the police perimeter, arrested, and taken to a hospital. It was later reported that he was persuaded to surrender when the FBI negotiators mentioned a public plea from his former wrestling coach.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/five-revelations-from-rolling-stones-boston-bomber-cover-story-20130716|title=Five Revelations From Rolling Stone's Boston Bomber Cover Story|date=July 16, 2013|publisher='']''|accessdate=August 14, 2013}}</ref>
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While still confined to a hospital bed, Dzhokhar was charged on April 22 with using and ] to use a ] resulting in death and with malicious ] resulting in death.<ref name="aljazeera2">{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/04/2013422171313409856.html|title=Boston bombing suspect charged|newspaper=Al Jazeera English|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged with using 'weapon of mass destruction'|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|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=April 23, 2013|date=April 22, 2013|first1=Jerry|last1=Markon|first2=Sari|last2=Horwitz|first3=Jenna|last3=Johnson}}</ref><ref name="DOJ affidavit">{{cite web|title=United States vs. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Case 1:13-mj-02106-MBB|publisher=United States Department of Justice|date=April 21, 2013|accessdate=April 22, 2013|url=http://www.justice.gov/iso/opa/resources/363201342213441988148.pdf|format=PDF}}</ref> He was convicted on April 8, 2015, and faces the possibility of the ] in the sentencing phase.<ref name="NYTconviction">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/us/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-verdict-boston-marathan-bombing-trial.html|title=Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Is Guilty in Boston Marathon Bombing Trial|newspaper=]|date=April 8, 2015|accessdate=April 8, 2015|first=Katharine Q.|last=Seelye}}</ref><ref name=aljazeera1>{{cite news|title=Boston bomb suspects 'planned more attacks'|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/04/2013421184644601318.html|newspaper=Al Jazeera|date=April 21, 2013|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name="AtlanticWire04192013">{{cite news|last=Abad-Santos|first=Alexander|title=Who Is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Man at the Center of the Boston Manhunt?|newspaper=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> Dzhokhar allegedly later said during questioning that they next intended to detonate explosives in ] in New York City.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/25/us/boston-attack/index.html |title=Boston bombing suspects planned Times Square attack, Bloomberg says |first1=Greg |last1=Botelho |first2=Josh |last2=Levs |publisher=CNN |date=April 25, 2013}}</ref> Dzhokhar reportedly also said to authorities that he and his brother were radicalized, at least in part, by watching ] lectures.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boston Marathon Bombers Inspired By Anwar al-Awlaki|url=http://blog.adl.org/extremism/boston-marathon-bombers-anwar-al-awlaki|publisher=Anti-Defamation League}}</ref> ] reported on April 23, 2013, that authorities linked Tamerlan to ] in nearby ] that took place around the 10th anniversary of the ].<ref name=ABC20130429/>

Born seven years apart in different republics of the former ], the brothers are half ] and half ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/04/28/boston_marathon_bombings_suspects_mother_zubeidat_says_she_found_faith_not_terrorism.html|title=Boston Marathon bombings: Suspects' mother Zubeidat says she found faith, not terrorism|newspaper=The Star|date=April 28, 2013|accessdate=May 6, 2013|location=Toronto}}</ref> They immigrated to the United States as refugees in 2002. Tamerlan was an aspiring boxer who authorities believe had recently become a follower of ]. Dzhokhar was a student at ] who became a naturalized U.S. citizen on September 11, 2012, seven months before the bombings.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dzhokhar-and-tamerlan-a-profile-of-the-tsarnaev-brothers/ |title=Dzhokhar and Tamerlan: A Profile of the Tsarnaev Brothers |date=April 23, 2013 |publisher=CBS News}}</ref>

==Shared background==
Tamerlan was born in the ]<ref name="wsj20130422">{{cite news |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324235304578437131250259170.html|title=Boston Marathon Bombings: Turn to Religion Split Bomb Suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Home|last1=Cullison|first1=Alan|last2=Sonne|first2=Paul |last3=Troianovski|first3=Anton|last4=George-Cosh|first4=David|author5=14 contributors|date=April 22, 2013|work=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref> in 1986, and Dzhokhar was born in ] in 1993.<ref name="RollingStone">{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/jahars-world-20130717|title =Jahar's World: He was a charming kid with a bright future. But no one saw the pain he was hiding or the monster he would become|author =Janet Reitman|work=Rolling Stone|date=July 17, 2013}}</ref> Their father, Anzor Tsarnaev, is a ], and their mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, is an ].<ref name="Mong">{{cite news|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=NBC News|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name=mt>{{cite news|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|newspaper=The Moscow Times|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name=tom22apr/> The parents also have two daughters.<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=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|location=London}}</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=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|location=London}}</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|location=London}}</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|work=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 ], Kyrgyzstan. In 2001, the family moved to ], ], in the Russian Federation.<ref name="autogenerated6"/><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 on a 90-day ].<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> Anzor Tsarnaev 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|work=New York Times|date=April 20, 2013}}</ref> Tamerlan arrived in the U.S. around two years later.<ref name="wsj"/> In the U.S. the parents received asylum and then filed for their four children, who received "derivative asylum status".<ref name="businessweek2">{{cite news|last=Mattingly|first=Phil|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-04-19/one-boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-dead-federal-official-says|title=Boston Bombing Suspect Apprehended at Watertown Home|work=Businessweek|date=April 20, 2013|accessdate=March 30, 2015}}</ref> They settled on Norfolk Street in ]. Tamerlan lived in Cambridge 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|first1=Erica|last1=Goode|first2=Serge F.|last2=Kovaleski|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20130714182757/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/us/details-of-tsarnaev-brothers-boston-suspects-emerge.html?pagewanted=all|archivedate=July 14, 2013}}</ref> Anzor and Zubeidat Tsarnaev both received welfare benefits.<ref name="bostonherald1">{{cite news|url=http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/04/tamerlan_tsarnaev_got_mass_welfare_benefits|title=Tamerlan Tsarnaev got Mass. welfare benefits|newspaper=Boston Herald|date=April 24, 2013|accessdate=April 25, 2013}}</ref> The father worked as a backyard mechanic and the mother worked as a cosmetologist<ref name="slt">{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/56231543-68/tsarnaeva-son-spa-suspects.html.csp|title=Mother of bomb suspects moved toward Islam in U.S|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|date=April 28, 2013|accessdate=May 4, 2013}}</ref> until she lost her job for refusing to work in a business that served men. In March 2007, the family was granted ].<ref name="wsj">{{cite news|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323809304578432501435232278|title=Life in America Unraveled for Brothers|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|first1=Alan |last1=Cullison |first2=Paul |last2=Sonne |first3=Jennifer |last3=Levitz |date=April 20, 2013}}</ref> According to some, other Chechen Americans in the area apparently did not consider them to be fully Chechen because they had not ever lived in Chechnya.<ref name="RollingStone"/>

==Dzhokhar Tsarnaev==
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===Early life===
'''Dzhokhar Tsarnaev''' (born July 22, 1993) was born in Kyrgyzstan. As a child, he emigrated with his family to Russia and then, when he was eight years old, to the United States under political asylum. The family settled in ] and became U.S. permanent residents in March 2007. He became a ] U.S. citizen on September 11, 2012, while in college.<ref name="WashPost04192013"/><ref name="captured"/><ref name="WPostGowen04192013"/> His mother, Zubeidat, also became a naturalized U.S. citizen, but it is not clear if his father, Anzor, ever did. Tamerlan, his brother, was unable to naturalize expeditiously due to an investigation against him, which held up the citizenship process.<ref name="naturalization delay"/> At ], a public high school, he was an avid wrestler, captain of his high-school wrestling team, and a Greater Boston League winter all-star.<ref name="WashPost04192013"/><ref name="nytimes1"/> He sometimes worked as a lifeguard at ].<ref>Jared Lucky, , ''Harvard Crimson'' (April 19, 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"/>
He graduated from high school in 2011<ref name="WashPost04192013"/> and the City of Cambridge awarded him a $2,500 scholarship that year.<ref name="nytimes1"/> 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 news|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|authors=Esmé E. Deprez & Prashant Gopal|date=April 19, 2013}}</ref>

===Education===
Dzhokhar enrolled in the ], with a major in ], in September 2011. He 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.com |first1=Sarah |last1=Coffey |first2=Patricia |last2=Wen}}</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|newspaper=USA Today|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> He was not perceived as foreign, spoke English well,<ref name="Henderson"/> easily fit in socially, and was 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|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=April 23, 2013|location=London}}</ref>

On the Russian-language social-networking site ], Dzhokhar described his "world view" as "Islam" and his personal priorities as "career and money". He 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=MSN|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref> Dzhokhar was also active on Twitter. According to '']'', he seemed "to have been much more concerned with sport and cheeseburgers than with religion, at least judging by his Twitter feed";<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21576702-killers-are-brought-book-terrible-swift-sword|title=After the marathon bombing: Terrible swift sword|newspaper=The Economist|accessdate=April 28, 2013|date=April 27, 2013}}</ref> however, according to '']'', on the day of the 2012 Boston Marathon, a year before the bombings, a post on Dzhokhar's Twitter feed mentioned a ] verse often used by radical Muslim clerics and propagandists.<ref name="bostonglobe1"/>

In 2012, Arlington Police ran a warrant check on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and checked his green Honda when they were investigating a report of underage drinking at a 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/-/rqu1a7/-/index.html|title=Marathon Bombing suspects stopped several times by law enforcement &#124; Team 5 Investigates|publisher=Wcvb.com|date=April 15, 2013|accessdate=April 24, 2013}}</ref>

At the time of the bombing, Dzhokhar was a sophomore living in the UMass Dartmouth's Pine Dale Hall dorm.<ref name="bostonglobe1">{{cite news|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|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=April 19, 2013|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"/> and had an unpaid bill of $20,000 to the University.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/05/03/umass-dartmouth-establish-independent-task-force-review-policies/53DDPTDDm068LXgNLyVBKL/story.html|title=UMass-Dartmouth to establish independent task force to review policies|publisher=Boston Globe|first=Peter |last=Schworm |date=May 4, 2013}}</ref> He was known to be selling ] to make money.<ref name="RollingStone"/>

===2013 Boston Marathon bombings===
{{Main|Boston Marathon bombings}}
Along with his brother Tamerlan, Dzhokhar was convicted of the Boston Marathon bombings of April 15, 2013. The motivation for the bombings was apparently political in nature. He reportedly “told the FBI that were angry about the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the killing of Muslims there.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/04/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-s-possible-motive-anger-over-wars-in-iraq-and-afghanistan|title=Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Possible Motive: Anger Over Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan|work=Vanity Fair}}</ref> CBS senior correspondent John Miller, who before joining CBS served in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, later reported Dzhokhar's handwritten note inside the boat where he lay bleeding stated, “The bombings were in retribution for the U.S. crimes in places like Iraq and Afghanistan that the victims of the Boston bombing were ], in the same way ] have been collateral damage in U.S. wars around the world."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://consortiumnews.com/2013/05/17/boston-suspects-writing-on-the-wall/|title=Boston Suspect’s Writing on the Wall|work=consortiumnews.com}}</ref>

===After the bombings===
Tsarnaev continued to tweet after the bombings, and sent a tweet telling the people of Boston to "stay safe".<ref name=Henderson/><ref name="autogenerated4">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/19/us/massachusetts-bombers-profiles/index.html|title=Boston suspects: An immigrant journey that went off track|publisher=CNN.com|accessdate=April 20, 2013|date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> 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===
Dzhokhar and his brother are accused of murdering MIT Police Officer Sean Collier April 18 on the MIT campus, before traveling to the Boston neighborhood of Allston and carjacking an SUV and robbing the owner.<ref name="allston">Boston.com, April 26, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.</ref> However, the owner of the leased Mercedes SUV, a 26-year old Chinese immigrant/entrepreneur and former graduate student at Northeastern University, said he managed to escape when the Tsarnaevs became momentarily distracted in the process of refueling the car at a gas station that only took cash. The man, who would not give his name to the media but said he goes by the name "Danny", said he fled to another nearby gas station and contacted the police. Police were then able to track the location of the car through the man's cellphone and the SUV's antitheft tracking device.<ref>{{cite news|author=Adrian Walker|url=http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/04/25/carjack-victim-recounts-his-harrowing-night/BhQWGzarWee8MZ6KtMHJNN/story.html|title=Carjack victim recounts his harrowing night|publisher=Boston|accessdate=April 28, 2013}}</ref>

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. Police say he escaped by driving the stolen SUV toward the officers who were arresting his brother, driving over his brother and dragging him under the SUV about {{convert|30|ft|m|sigfig=1}} in the process. He reportedly sped off, but abandoned the car about {{convert|1/2|mi|m|sigfig=1}} away and then fled on foot.<ref name="Globe_102_hours"/> An unprecedented manhunt ensued involving thousands of police officers from several nearby towns as well as state police and FBI, and SWAT teams, who searched numerous homes and property inside a 10-block perimeter. Warrants were not issued, but residents reported they were told they must allow the searches to go forward. Many reported being instructed to leave their homes as well. Images of squad cars and large black armored vehicles crowding the sidestreets, and videos of residents being led out of their homes at gunpoint soon flooded social media. The Boston metro area was effectively shut down all day on April 19.<ref>{{cite news|title=Boston bomb suspect captured, brother killed|url=http://www.newsleader.com/viewart/20130419/NEWS01/304190002/Boston-bomb-suspect-captured-brother-killed|newspaper=NewsLeader|accessdate=April 27, 2013}}</ref>

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|agency=Associated Press|date=April 19, 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|accessdate=April 19, 2013|location=London, UK}}</ref>

===Arrest and detention===
During the manhunt for him on the evening of April 19, Dzhokhar was discovered wounded in a boat in a ] backyard, less than {{convert|1/4|mi|m|sigfig=1}} from where he abandoned the SUV.<ref name="Globe_102_hours">{{cite news|first1=Jenna|last1=Russell|first2=Thomas|last2=Farragher|url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/28/bombreconstruct/VbSZhzHm35yR88EVmVdbDM/story.html|title=102 hours in pursuit of Marathon suspects|newspaper=]|date=April 28, 2013|accessdate=May 10, 2013}}</ref> David Henneberry, the owner of the boat, had noticed that the cover on the boat was loose and when the "shelter in place" order was lifted, went outside to investigate.<ref>{{cite web|last=Harding|first=Ed|url=http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/metro/Watertown-boat-owner-David-Henneberry-tells-story-of-finding-Boston-Marathon-suspect/-/11971628/19863572/-/mpx0qq/-/index.html|title=Watertown boat owner David Henneberry tells story of finding Boston Marathon suspect|publisher=WCVB|date=April 24, 2013|accessdate=April 28, 2013}}</ref> He lifted the tarpaulin, saw a bloodied man, retreated into his house, and called ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.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|newspaper=CNN|date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> Three Boston police officers responded and were soon joined by other police. Tsarnaev's presence and movement was later verified through a ] ] device in a State Police helicopter.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brian|first=Barrett|title=The Crazy Accurate Thermal Images That Saw Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Through a Boat Tarp|url=http://gizmodo.com/476668649|newspaper=Gizmodo|date=April 20, 2013}}</ref> The suspect was observed pushing up at the tarp on the boat and Boston police began a large volume of gunfire at the suspect, stopping only after calls from the Superintendent on the scene.<ref>{{cite web|author=Evan Allen|url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/22/boston-police-superintendent-recounts-officers-long-search-tense-final-confrontation/J9Cfhro6itly2uc9QFnmIK/story.html|title=Boston police superintendent recounts officers' long search, tense final confrontation|publisher=The Boston Globe|date=April 23, 2013|accessdate=April 28, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ngowi|first=Rodrique|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/lawmakers-ask-who-knew-what-about-bomb-suspect|title=Officials: Suspect described plot before Miranda|publisher=ap.org|accessdate=April 29, 2013}}</ref> After initial reports of a shootout between police and Tsarnaev, two U.S. officials said on April 24 that Dzhokhar was unarmed when captured.<ref name="dozier1">{{cite news|last=Dozier|first=Kimberley|title=Officials: Suspect described plot before Miranda|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/lawmakers-ask-who-knew-what-about-bomb-suspect|accessdate=April 25, 2013|newspaper=AP/The Big Story|date=April 25, 2013}}</ref>

Dzhokhar, who had been shot and was bleeding badly from wounds to his left ear, neck and thigh,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/28/bombreconstruct/VbSZhzHm35yR88EVmVdbDM/story.html|title=102 hours in pursuit of Marathon bombing suspects - Metro - The Boston Globe|work=BostonGlobe.com}}</ref> was taken into federal custody after the standoff. Initial reports that the neck wound was from a self-inflicted gunshot from a possible suicide attempt were later contradicted by the revelation that he was unarmed at the time of capture and a description of the neck wound by SWAT team members that it was a slicing injury, possibly caused by shrapnel from an explosion.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/22/inside-boston-manhunts-end-game|title=Inside Boston manhunt's end game|publisher=Ac360|date=April 22, 2013|accessdate=April 28, 2013}}</ref>

In an image broadcast on the night of his arrest, he was shown stepping out of the boat in which he had been hiding.<ref>{{cite news|title=Photo of suspect caught on boat in backyard|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50145266n|newspaper=CBS News}}</ref> Other sources described him "lying on his stomach, straddling the side of the boat (…) His left arm and left leg hung over the boat’s side. He appeared to struggle for consciousness". Then he was "hauled down to the grassy ground" by a SWAT officer.<ref name="Globe_102_hours" /> In a photograph he can be seen lying on the ground on his back with his hands allegedly cuffed behind him, being helped by medical staff.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_371w/Boston/2011-2020/2013/04/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/19.jpg |title=Images |publisher=Boston Globe |date=April 28, 2013 |accessdate=May 24, 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 news|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|newspaper=NBC News|date=April 23, 2013|accessdate=April 24, 2013}}</ref> According to one of the nurses, he had cried for two days straight after waking up.<ref name="RollingStone"/> He responded to authorities in writing and by nodding his head,<ref name=aljazeera1/><ref name=abcnews-go>{{cite news|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|newspaper=ABC News|date=April 21, 2012|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="huffingtonpost3">{{cite news|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|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=April 21, 2013|accessdate=April 21, 2013|first=Adam|last=Goldberg}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Barrett|first=Devlin|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324493704578434893975585744.html|title=Search for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Over, Focus Shifts to Marathon Bombing Investigation|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|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|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref> although he did manage to say the word "no" when asked if he could afford a lawyer. Court documents released in August 2013, show that Tsarnaev had a ] and gunshot wounds prior to being taken into custody.<ref>{{cite web|title=Accused Boston bomber had multiple wounds, fracture: court papers|url=http://news.yahoo.com/accused-boston-bomber-had-multiple-wounds-fracture-court-113026354.html|publisher=Yahoo News|accessdate=August 20, 2013}}</ref> According to a doctor that treated him, Tsarnaev had a skull-base fracture, with injuries to the ], the skull base, the lateral portion of his ], with a significant ] injury, as well as injury to the ], the mouth, and a small ] injury.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boston bombing suspect Tsarnaev had gunshot wounds to the mouth, extremities|url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/20/20103906-boston-bombing-suspect-tsarnaev-had-gunshot-wounds-to-the-mouth-extremities?lite|publisher=NBC News|accessdate=August 20, 2013}}</ref>

On April 26, Dzhokhar Anzorovich Tsarnaev was transported by ]s to the ],<ref>] : Dzhokhar Anzorovi Tsarnaev, #95079-038. Viewed August 9, 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Canada|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/boston-bombing-suspect-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-moved-from-hospital-to-medical-detention-centre/article11566669|title=Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev moved from hospital to medical detention centre|publisher=The Globe and Mail|date=April 24, 2013|accessdate=April 28, 2013|location=Toronto}}</ref> a United States federal prison near Boston for male inmates requiring specialized or long-term medical or mental health care. He is being held in solitary confinement at a segregated housing unit<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57581768/boston-bomb-suspect-in-small-cell-with-steel-door/ | work=CBS News | title=Boston bomb suspect in small cell with steel door - CBS News}}</ref> with 23-hour-per-day lockdown.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.talkleft.com/story/2013/4/28/32151/9400/terrortrials/Dzhokhar-Tsarnaev-in-Solitary-at-Devens-Segregated-Housing-Unit|title=Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Solitary at Devens' Segregated Housing Unit - TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime|work=talkleft.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ford|first=Beverly|title=Boston Bombing Suspect Spends 23 Hours a Day Alone in Jail Cell|url=http://en.rian.ru/crime/20130510/181060359/Boston-Bombing-Suspect-Spends-23-Hours-a-Day-Alone-in-Jail-Cell.html|newspaper=RIA Novosti}}</ref>

===Questioning, charges, and confessions===
Initially, Dzhokhar was questioned without being read his ], because the Justice Department invoked ''Miranda'''s ].<ref name="huffingtonpost4">{{cite news|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|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=April 22, 2013|accessdate=April 23, 2013|first=Luke|last=Johnson}}</ref> He was to be questioned by a federal ], a special ] group created to question high-value detainees, which included members of the ], ], and ].<ref name=newsday-suspects>{{cite news|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|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=April 21, 2013|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><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|date=April 20, 2013|first=Jaweed|last=Kaleem}}</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|publisher=NBC News|date=April 21, 2012|accessdate=April 20, 2013}}</ref> Later, after being read his ''Miranda'' rights, Tsarnaev "immediately stopped talking" and declined to continue to cooperate with the investigation.<ref name="dozier1"/>

On April 22, 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="DOJ affidavit"/><ref name="DMAtweet"> – U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts official Twitter</ref> He was read his ''Miranda'' rights at his bedside by a federal magistrate of the ], nodded his head to answer the judge's questions, and answered "no" when asked whether he could afford a lawyer.<ref name="huffingtonpost4"/>

He could face the death penalty if he is convicted.<ref>{{cite news|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'|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 22, 2011|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> He is being prosecuted by assistant ] ] and ], of the Anti-Terrorism and National Security Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston.<ref>{{cite news|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'|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=April 23, 2013|first1=Jerry|last1=Markon|first2=Sari|last2=Horwitz|first3=Jenna|last3=Johnson|date=April 23, 2013}}</ref> His defense team includes federal public defender Miriam Conrad,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-20/boston-bomb-suspect-to-be-represented-by-federal-public-defender.html|work=Bloomberg|title=Boston Bomb Suspect Gets Public Defender as Charges Loom}}</ref> William Fick<ref>{{cite news|url=http://forward.com/articles/175605/justice-for-dzokhar-tsarnaev-and-the-rest-of-us/?p=all |title=Justice for Dzokhar Tsarnaev — and the Rest of Us |first=Laura |last=Rozen |date=April 29, 2013 |work=]}}</ref> and anti-death penalty lawyer ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/prominent-death-penalty-lawyer-judy-clarke-appointed-boston-215218922.html |title=Prominent death penalty lawyer Judy Clarke appointed for Boston Marathon bombing suspect |agency=Associated Press |date=April 29, 2013 |publisher=Yahoo! News}}</ref>

] prosecutors also brought criminal charges against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the murder of MIT Police Officer Collier. A surveillance camera at MIT captured the brothers approaching Collier's car from behind.<ref>{{cite news|title=Middlesex County prosecutors building murder case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in officer's slaying|url=http://boston.com/metrodesk/2013/04/25/middlesex-county-prosecutors-building-murder-case-against-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-officer-slaying/Z5ERGSAAeLeMaDTpsdLIjK/story.html|publisher=Boston.com |first=Todd |last=Feathers |date=April 25, 2013}}</ref>

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/feds-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-charged-could-face-death-penalty-in-boston-marathon-bombings-1.5116724|title=Source: Suspects in Boston Marathon Bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Motivated by Religion|newspaper=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|newspaper=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 he and Tamerlan were motivated by extremist Islamic beliefs<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/us/boston-marathon-bombing-developments.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& |title=Boston Suspects Are Seen as Self-Taught and Fueled by Web |work=The New York Times |date=April 23, 2013 |accessdate=February 21, 2014 |first1=Michael |last1=Cooper |first2=Michael S. |last2=Schmidt |first3=Eric |last3=Schmitt}}</ref> and the U.S. wars in ] and ] 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|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/23/us/boston-attack/ |title=Official: Suspect says Iraq, Afghanistan drove Boston bombings|publisher=CNN|first=Michael|last=Pearson|date=April 23, 2013|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> Dzhokhar admitted during questioning that he and his brother were planning to detonate explosives in ] of New York City next. The brothers formed the plan spontaneously during the April 18 carjacking, but things went awry after the vehicle ran low on gas and they forced the driver to stop at a gas station, where he escaped.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/25/us/boston-attack/index.html?hpt=hp_t1|title=Boston bombing suspects planned Times Square blasts, NYC mayor says|newspaper=CNN|first1=Ben|last1=Brumfield|first2=Josh|last2=Levs|date=April 25, 2013|accessdate=April 25, 2013}}</ref> Dzhokhar says he was inspired by online videos from ],<ref>, May 4, 2013</ref> who also inspired the ].<ref>{{cite news|last=McElroy|first=Damien|title=Times Square bomb suspect had links to terror preacher|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7691929/Times-Square-bomb-suspect-had-links-to-terror-preacher.html|accessdate=September 23, 2013|newspaper=Telegraph|date=May 7, 2010|location=London}}</ref>

Investigators have so far found no evidence that Dzhokhar was involved in any ] activities, and, according to the '']'', now believe that unlike his brother Tamerlan, Dzhokhar "was never truly radicalized."<ref name="WSJMay15">, '']'', May 15, 2013</ref> Examinations of his computers did not reveal frequent visits to jihad websites, expressions of violent Islamist rhetoric or other suspicious activities. Some law enforcement officials told the ''WSJ'' that Dzhokhar "better fit the psychological profile of an ordinary criminal than a committed terrorist."

On May 16, 2013, during '']'', ] senior correspondent ] said he had been told that Dzhokhar wrote a note in the boat in which he was hiding and claimed responsibility for the April 15 attack during the marathon. The note was scribbled with a pen on one of the inside walls of the cabin and said the bombings were payback for the U.S. military actions in ] and ], and referred to the Boston victims as ], the same way ]s have been in the ]. He continued, "When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims." He also said he did not mourn his brother's death because now Tamerlan was a ] in ] and that he (Dzhokhar) expected to join him in paradise. Miller's sources said the wall the note was written on had multiple bullet holes in it from the shots that were fired into the boat by police. According to Miller during the interview he gave on the morning show, he said that the note will be a significant piece of evidence in any Dzhokar trial and that it is "certainly admissible," and paints a clear picture of the brothers' motive, "consistent with what he told investigators while he was in custody."<ref>{{cite news|title=Boston bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left note in boat he hid in, sources say|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57584771/boston-bombings-suspect-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-left-note-in-boat-he-hid-in-sources-say/?tag=nl.e879&s_cid=e879&ttag=e879|publisher=CBS News|accessdate=May 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Suspect: Boston payback for hits on Muslims|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/16/us/boston-bombing-investigation/index.html?hpt=hp_t2|newspaper=CNN|accessdate=May 16, 2013|date=May 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bombing suspect left note inside boat|url=http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/se_mass/sources-bombing-suspect-left-note-in-boat-he-hid-in|publisher=WPRI TV|accessdate=May 16, 2013}}</ref>

===''Rolling Stone'' magazine===
]
Tsarnaev was the subject of a cover story for an August 2013 issue of '']'' entitled "The Bomber: How a Popular, Promising Student Was Failed by His Family, Fell into Radical Islam and Became a Monster." The magazine drew large amounts of criticism for this decision. Boston Mayor ] wrote that the cover "rewards a terrorist with celebrity treatment. It is ill-conceived, at best, and re-affirms a terrible message that destruction gains fame for killers and their 'causes'"<ref name="menino">{{cite web|url=http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2013/07/17/boston-mayor-tom-menino-letter-to-rolling-stone-2/|title=Mayor Menino Pens Letter to Rolling Stone Publisher |date=Jul 17, 2013|accessdate=April 23, 2014}}</ref> while Massachusetts State Police sergeant Sean Murphy stated that "glamorizing the face of terror is not just insulting to the family members of those killed in the line of duty, it also could be an incentive to those who may be unstable to do something to get their face on the cover of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine."<ref name="murphyphotos">{{cite web|title=The Real Face of Terror: Behind the Scenes Photos of the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Manhunt|url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2013/07/18/tsarnaev/|date=Jul 18, 2013|accessdate=April 23, 2014}}</ref> '']'' used the same photo on their front page in May 2013,<ref>{{cite news|title=Rolling Stone puts Boston bombing suspect on cover, ignites firestorm|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/17/studentnews/tsarnaev-rolling-stone-cover/index.html|publisher=CNN|accessdate=July 17, 2013|date=July 18, 2013}}</ref> but did not draw criticism. ''Rolling Stone'' columnist ] criticized those who took offense at the cover, arguing that their offense-taking was the result of their associating ''Rolling Stone'' with glamor instead of news,<ref name="taibbi">{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/explaining-the-rolling-stone-cover-by-a-boston-native-20130719|title=Explaining the Rolling Stone Cover, by a Boston Native|date=Jul 19, 2013|accessdate=April 23, 2014}}</ref> stating that ''The New York Times'' did not draw the criticism that ''Rolling Stone'' did, "because everyone knows the ''Times'' is a news organization. Not everyone knows that about ''Rolling Stone''... because many people out there understandably do not know that ''Rolling Stone'' is also a hard-news publication."<ref name="taibbi"/>

The editors of ''Rolling Stone'' posted the following response:

:Our hearts go out to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, and our thoughts are always with them and their families. The cover story we are publishing this week falls within the traditions of journalism and ''Rolling Stone''’s long-standing commitment to serious and thoughtful coverage of the most important political and cultural issues of our day. The fact that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is young, and in the same age group as many of our readers, makes it all the more important for us to examine the complexities of this issue and gain a more complete understanding of how a tragedy like this happens. –THE EDITORS<ref> ''Rolling Stone''</ref>

Hours after this happened, many retailers that sold the magazine, such as ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Rolling Stone's controversial Dzhokhar Tsarnaev cover ignites heated debate|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jul/17/rolling-stone-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-cover|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=August 30, 2013}}</ref> ] (which also no longer sells any future ''Rolling Stone'' issues),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/bjswholesaleclub/posts/10151628600463183 |title=BJ’s Wholesale Club does not have the... - BJ's Wholesale Club |publisher=Facebook |accessdate=February 21, 2014}}</ref> and others, announced that they would no longer sell the issue.<ref>{{cite web|title=Several Stores Decide Not to Carry Rolling Stone Featuring Bombing Suspect|url=http://www.wggb.com/2013/07/17/cvs-tedeschi-stores-decide-not-to-carry-rolling-stone-featuring-bombing-suspect/|publisher=WGGB-TV|accessdate=August 30, 2013}}</ref>

In December 2013, the ''Rolling Stone'' Tsarnaev cover was named the "Hottest Cover Of The Year" by '']'' magazine, with newsstand sales doubling from 60,000 to 120,000.<ref name=bostonmagazine>{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2013/12/04/adweek-hot-list-2013-dzhokhar-tsarnaev/|title=The Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ‘Rolling Stone’ Cover Won Adweek’s ‘Hottest Cover of the Year’|date=Dec 4, 2013|accessdate=April 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name="rtnews">{{cite news|url=http://rt.com/usa/tsarnaev-rolling-stone-cover-best-028/|title=Controversial Rolling Stone Tsarnaev cover named ‘Hottest’ of the year|date=Dec 11, 2013|accessdate=April 23, 2014}}</ref>

===Trial===
Tsarnaev's arraignment for 30 charges, including four for murder, occurred on July 10, 2013 in federal court in Boston before ] Marianne Bowler. It was his first public court appearance.<ref name=first/> He pled not guilty to all 30 counts against him, which included using and conspiring to use a ] resulting in death.<ref name=smiles/> Counter terrorism expert ] has given testimony. Tsarnaev is represented by Miriam Conrad, ], William Fick, and ].

On January 30, 2014, ] ] announced that the federal government would seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.<ref name=seek/> A plea deal failed when the government refused to rule out the possibility of the death penalty.

The trial began on January 5, 2015; Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty to all thirty charges laid against him. The proceedings are led by Judge ].<ref name=george/><ref name=case/> Tsarnaev's attorney Clarke said in her opening statement "it was him... There's little that occurred the week of April the 15th... that we dispute."<ref name=admits/>

{{wikinews|Dzhokhar Tsarnaev found guilty in Boston Marathon bombing trial}}
On April 8, 2015, Tsarnaev was found guilty on all thirty counts of the indictment. The charges of usage of a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death, in addition to aiding and abetting make Tsarnaev eligible for the death penalty.<ref name="cnn4815">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/08/us/boston-marathon-bombing-trial/index.html|title=Tsarnaev guilty of all 30 counts in Boston bombing|author=Ann O'Neill |date=April 8, 2015 |publisher=]}}</ref>

==Tamerlan Tsarnaev==
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| name = Tamerlan Tsarnaev
| image = BostonSuspect1.jpg
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| caption = Tamerlan Tsarnaev at the site of the bombings
| birth_name = Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev<ref group="note" name="names in cyrillic"/>
| occupation = Unemployed
| citizenship = ]n and ] with ] Status (Application for US citizenship was in progress)<ref>{{cite web|first=Kirit|last=Radia|url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/boston-bomb-suspects-mother-young-son-obeyed-big/story?id=19014490#.UYit4DlCTIU|title=Boston Bomb Suspects' Mother Says Young Son Would Have Obeyed Big Brother|work=ABC News|date=April 22, 2013|accessdate=May 7, 2013}}</ref>
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|4|19|1986|10|21|mf=yes}}
| death_place = {{nowrap|], U.S.}}
| cause = ] and ]
| residence = ], U.S
| resting_place = ], ], U.S.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Andrew |last1=Ryan |author2=Wesley Lowery | title = Sources: Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried in Doswell, Va | date = May 10, 2013 | publisher = NY Times Co. | work = Boston.com}}</ref>
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| parents = Anzor and Zubeidat Tsarnaev
| relatives = 1 brother (Dzhokhar)<br>2 sisters (Ailina and Bella)
| spouse = Karima Tsarnaev, born Katherine Russell (m. June 2010 – April 2013; his death)
| children = 1 daughter}}

===Early life and education===
'''Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev''' (October 21, 1986 – April 19, 2013) was born in the ] (now ]), a ]<ref name="wsj20130422" /> unit of ] then in the ].<ref name="WPostGowen04192013">{{cite news|last=Gowen|first=Annie|last2=Horwitz|first2=Sari|last3=Markon|first3=Jerry|title=Boston lockdown lifted; marathon bombing suspect still at large|work=]|date=April 19, 2013|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 was a ] of the U.S.,<ref name="captured"/> a Russian citizen and a Kyrgyz citizen.<ref>{{cite web|author=Staff|url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/boston-bomb-suspects-mother-young-son-obeyed-big/story?id=19014490&page=2#.UYecK7WkoXE|title=Boston Bomb Suspects' Mother Says Young Son Would Have Obeyed Big Brother|publisher=Abcnews.go.com|date=April 22, 2013|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}</ref>

After arriving in the U.S. in 2002, he attended ], a public high school.<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=Wicked Local|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 news|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|newspaper=Businessweek|date=April 23, 2013|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 name="WashPost04192013"/><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|accessdate=April 23, 2013|location=London|date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> He dropped out of school to concentrate on boxing.<ref name="WashPost04192013"/><ref name="thecomment"/>

In 2007, Tamerlan confronted a ]ian youth who had dated his younger sister, Bella, for about two years, and punched him in the face. A high school friend of Bella said Tamerlan did not approve because the boy was not a Muslim.<ref name="latimes1">{{cite news|title=The Tsarnaev brothers' troubled trail to Boston|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-boston-suspects-20130428-dto,0,15030.htmlstory|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 28, 2013|first1=Kim|last1=Murphy|first2=Joseph|last2=Tanfani|first3=Sergei L.|last3=Loiko}}</ref>

===2008===
During 2008, Tamerlan became a devout Muslim and stopped drinking and smoking. He began to regularly attend the ] mosque near his home in Cambridge, a mosque which ], a longtime critic of the mosque, alleges to support "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 news|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|newspaper=USA Today|date=April 23, 2013|accessdate=April 25, 2013|first1=Oren|last1=Dorell}}</ref>

In May 2008, his sister said her husband was cheating on her and beating her up. Tamerlan flew across the country to ], to "straighten up the brains" of his brother-in-law, Khozhugov.<ref name="latimes1"/>

Tamerlan dated an American, Katherine Russell, from ], Rhode Island, on and off while she attended ] from 2007 to 2010.<ref name="londonindependent">{{cite news|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|location=London}}</ref> She converted to Islam and started wearing a ] in 2008.<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 wore the hijab after converting to Islam|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=April 20, 2013|accessdate=April 22, 2013|location=London}}</ref> Friends said he would shout at her that she was a "slut".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.npr.org/2013/04/19/178005635/friends-family-describe-suspects-in-boston-marathon-attack|title=Friends, Family Describe Suspects In Boston Marathon Attack|newspaper=NPR|date=April 19, 2013|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> They described fights in which he would "fly into rages and sometimes throw furniture or throw things".<ref name="nprcontrolling">, ], April 19, 2013.</ref>

===2009===
An aspiring heavyweight boxer, Tamerlan trained at the Wai Kru Mixed Martial Arts Center, a Boston club.<ref name="thecomment">{{cite web|last=Hirn|first=Johannes|title=Will box for Passport: An Olympic Drive to become a United States citizen|work=The Comment|year=2010|url=http://www.bu.edu/com/comment/library/downloads/2010_comment.pdf|accessdate=April 20, 2013}}</ref> In 2009–10, he was the ] heavyweight champion, winning the ] Trophy.<ref name="yahoo1">{{cite news|last=Iole|first=Kevin|url=https://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=Yahoo|date=May 28, 2012|accessdate=April 20, 2013}}</ref><ref name="deadspin">{{cite web|last=Burke|first=Timothy|title=Everything we know about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, dead bombing suspect|work=Deadspin|date=April 19, 2013|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 news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-201_162-10016562.html|title=The boxing career of Tamerlan Tsarnaev|newspaper=CBS News|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref>

He was arrested at his home at 410 Norfolk Street in Cambridge, on July 28, 2009, for ] ] and ] after allegedly assaulting a different girlfriend.<ref name="ForeignPolicy04192013">{{cite news|last=Kenner|first=David|title=Who Is Tamerlan Tsarnaev|newspaper=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 called 911 "crying hysterically" to report 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, but his father attributed to it the delay in Tamerlan's gaining U.S. citizenship.<ref name="nytimes1"/><ref>{{cite news|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|newspaper=Businessweek|date=April 23, 2013|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> This girlfriend said that during a three-year relationship Tamerlan became a radical, tried to force her to convert to Islam and tried to control what she wore and with whom she associated. She also says he cheated on her with the Boston student whom he later married.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/462497/20130429/boston-bomber-ex-nadine-ascencao-tamerlan-tsarnaev.htm|title=Boston Bomber's Ex-Girlfriend Nadine Ascencao: Tamerlan Tsarnaev Abused and Tried to Brainwash Me|publisher=Ibtimes.co.uk|date=April 29, 2013|accessdate=May 6, 2013}}</ref>

The Tsarnaev brothers' uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, said he "had been concerned about his nephew being an extremist since 2009". Tsarni said that Tamerlan's radicalization started not during his visit to Russia in January 2012, but much earlier in Boston after he was influenced by a Muslim convert known as "Misha".<ref name=ap-cbs>{{cite news|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'|newspaper=CBS|date=April 24, 2013|accessdate=April 25, 2013}}</ref> "Misha" was later identified as Mikhail Allakhverdov, a 39-year-old from ] (originally from ]).<ref>{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Kim|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-boston-tsarnaev-misha-20130428,0,2967524.story|title=Boston bombing: Mysterious 'Misha' turns up in Rhode Island|publisher=Latimes.com|date=April 28, 2013|accessdate=May 6, 2013}}</ref> Allakhverdov told the '']'' that he rejected violence, was not Tamerlan's teacher, had not spoken to Tamerlan in three years and had never met his family members. Furthermore, he said that he had cooperated with a brief FBI investigation that the ''NYRB'' reported had found no ties between Allakhverdov and the attacks.<ref name="mishaspeaks">{{cite news|url=http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/apr/28/tamerlan-tsarnaev-misha-speaks|title='Misha' Speaks: An Interview with the Alleged Boston Bomber's 'Svengali'|author=Christian Caryl|date=April 29, 2013|newspaper=New York Review of Books}}</ref>

===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="thecomment"/><ref name="deadspin"/> while remarking that he "didn't understand" Americans and did not have any American friends.<ref name="thecomment"/> He added 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|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> and that "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 ] sparred with Tsarnaev in 2010, and later said that, although Tsarnaev hit hard, he lacked competitiveness and immediately complained of stomach pain and rib pain. He described Tsarnaev as arrogant but "a coward".<ref name="yahoo1"/> Tamerlan Tsarnaev's landlord said the boxer's aspirations were never met because "his back was in really bad shape and he couldn't get into the Olympics".<ref>{{cite news|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 but cool and arrogant.<ref>Emily Yoffe, , '']'', April 19, 2013.</ref><ref>Ron Borges, , '']'', April 20, 2013.</ref> Rule changes disqualified all non-US citizens from Golden Gloves boxing, ending Tamerlan's boxing career and Olympic hopes.<ref name="latimes1"/>

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'|work=Russia Today|date=April 22, 2013|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref>

In the spring of 2010, his girlfriend Katherine Russell became pregnant with Tsarnaev's child and dropped out of college in her senior year to marry<ref>{{cite news|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|accessdate=April 23, 2013|location=London|date=April 23, 2013}}</ref> Tsarnaev on June 21, 2010, in a 15-minute ceremony in an office at the Masjid Al Quran in the ] area of Greater Boston.<ref name="wgntv1">{{cite web|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|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="nytimes2">{{cite news|last=Cooper|first=Michael|url=http://wap.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/us/path-from-social-butterfly-to-suspects-widow-in-hijab.html|title=Path From 'Social Butterfly' to Boston Suspect's Widow|publisher=Wap.nytimes.com|date=June 21, 2010|accessdate=May 6, 2013}}</ref><ref name="couriermail1">{{cite news|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'|newspaper=The Courier-Mail|date=April 25, 2013|accessdate=March 20, 2015}}</ref><ref name="hpost">{{cite news|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|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=April 22, 2013|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="nypost">{{cite news|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|newspaper=]|date=April 22, 2013|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref> ] Taalib Mahdee said that he had not met the couple before the ceremony, and Katherine was the one who had called and asked to be married there.<ref name="nytimes2"/>

Tamerlan first came to the attention of Russian security forces in December 2010 when ] was briefly detained in Dagestan and forced to disclose his social networking contacts in North America with ties to Russia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/04/30/russian-agents-watched-searched-for-boston-bombing-suspect-during-trip-to|title=Russian agents watched, searched for Boston bombing suspect during trip to Dagestan|publisher=Fox News|date=October 1, 2006|accessdate=May 1, 2013}}</ref>

===2011===
In early 2011, Russia's ] (FSB) told the ] that Tamerlan was a follower of radical Islam and a strong believer. The FSB said that he 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=2011 Request for Information on Tamerlan Tsarnaev from Foreign Government |publisher=] |accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost1">{{cite news|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|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6G56GMGXh|archivedate=April 23, 2013|author=Adam Goldman and Eileen Sullivan|title=FBI got information from Russian FSB that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was radical Islam follower|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=April 20, 2013}}</ref> The FBI initially denied that it had contacted Tsarnaev, but then said that it actually had after Tsarnaev's mother talked about the FBI's contacts with her son on ].<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 news|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|newspaper=The Moscow Times|date=December 15, 2011|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref>

Tsarnaev's 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|newspaper=The Telegraph|accessdate=April 20, 2013|location=London|date=April 20, 2013}}</ref> She said Tamerlan had 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>{{youtube|id=ARE9rclZCqw |title=Tsarnaev brothers' mother: 'My sons are innocent, this is a setup'}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://newyork.newsday.com/news/nation/tamerlan-tsarnaev-s-citizenship-bid-part-of-widening-boston-bombings-probe-1.5114418|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514173652/http://newyork.newsday.com/news/nation/tamerlan-tsarnaev-s-citizenship-bid-part-of-widening-boston-bombings-probe-1.5114418 |archivedate=May 14, 2013|title=Tamerlan Tsarnaev's citizenship bid part of widening Boston bombings probe|publisher=Newsday|date=April 21, 2013|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref> Tamerlan "vaguely discussed" ''jihad'' during a 2011 phone call with his mother that was taped by the FSB, and intelligence officials also discovered text messages in which his mother discussed how Tamerlan was ready to die for Islam.<ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite news|last=Chappell|first=Bill |url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/28/179611079/tamerlan-tsarnaev-spoke-of-jihad-with-mother-reports-say |title=Tamerlan Tsarnaev Spoke Of Jihad With Mother, Reports Say: The Two-Way|publisher=NPR|accessdate=April 29, 2013}}</ref> In late 2011, the ] put both Tamerlan and his mother on its ] database.<ref name="autogenerated3"/><ref name=AP-tsarnaref-silent>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57581382/ap-boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-silent-after-read-miranda-rights|title=Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev silent after read Miranda rights|work=CBS/AP|date=April 25, 2013|accessdate=April 25, 2013}}</ref>

===Allegations of involvement in 2011 Waltham triple homicide===
{{Main|2011 Waltham triple murder}}
Two Jewish men, Erik Weissman, and Raphael Teken, as well as their roommate Brendan Mess, were killed in a triple homicide in ], on September 11, 2011, the 10-year anniversary of the ].<ref name=ABC20130429>{{cite web|last=Mcphee|first=Michele|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/boston-bombing-brings-twist-cold-murder-case/story?id=19063282#.UX8hI1fhf5m|title=Boston Bombing Brings Twist to Cold Murder Case|publisher=Abcnews.go.com|date=April 29, 2013|accessdate=May 6, 2013}}</ref><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?|work=]|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|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref> Each victim's throat had been slit with such great force as to be nearly decapitated. Thousands of dollars worth of marijuana and cash were left covering the victims' bodies, and $5,000 was left at the scene.<ref>{{cite news|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|date=April 23, 2013|accessdate=May 6, 2013}}</ref> The local district attorney said that it appeared that the killer and the victims knew each other. It was reported on April 23, 2013, that local authorities believed Tamerlan may have been responsible for the triple homicide, and they and the FBI were actively investigating the possibility.<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|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=Staff|title=Link to 2011 Murders Probed in Tsarnaev Case|publisher=The Epoch Times|accessdate=April 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|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|accessdate=April 23, 2013|date=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><ref>{{cite news|last=Gordon|first=Greg|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2020845405_bostonsuspectwarsxml.html|title=Accused bomber says U.S. wars fed the brothers' radicalism|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=April 23, 2013|accessdate=April 25, 2013}}</ref> In May, forensic evidence connected the two brothers to the scene of the killings, and their cell phone records appeared to place them in the area. The officials cautioned that until more definitive DNA testing is complete, it is still too early to consider bringing an indictment against the younger of the two brothers.<ref>{{cite news|author=McPhee, Michele|title='Mounting Evidence' Boston Bombers Involved in 2011 Triple Murder|date=May 10, 2013|work=ABC News|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/mounting-evidence-boston-bombers-involved-2011-triple-murder/story?id=19151271#.UY3dccrhf5k|accessdate=August 17, 2013}}</ref>

===2012 visit to Russia===
Tamerlan traveled to Russia through Moscow's ] in January 2012, and returned to the U.S. in July 2012.<ref name="autogenerated4"/> Tamerlan and his wife received ] and ]s from September 2011 to November 2012, which included all the time Tamerlan was in Russia. Zubeidat Tsarnaeva said her son had wanted his wife and their child to move to Dagestan with him, and that: "She herself agreed; she said she wanted to study a different culture, language."<ref name="nytimes2"/>

During the six months he was overseas, he visited his family in the ].

His father said that Tamerlan was with him in ], the capital of Dagestan, for six months and that they had done ordinary things, such as visiting relatives. His father also said that he and Tamerlan visited Chechnya twice, to see relatives there and to receive Tamerlan's new ].<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><ref name=time>{{cite news|last=Shuster|first=Simon|url=http://world.time.com/2013/04/29/picking-up-the-boston-bomber-trail-in-utamysh-russia|title=The Boston-Bomber Trail: Fresh Clues in Rural Dagestan|publisher=Time|date=April 29, 2013|accessdate=May 6, 2013}}</ref> While Tsarnaev arrived in Russia in January 2012, however, he only arrived in Dagestan around March, and his father arrived there in May.<ref>{{cite news|last=Elder|first=Miriam|title=Tsarnaev aunt reveals further details about visit to Dagestan|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/22/tsernaev-aunt-details-visit-dagestan|newspaper=The Guardian|date=April 22, 2013|location=London}}</ref> ] Chairman ] said he believed that Tamerlan received training during his trip, and became 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|date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> In an early report, Dagestan's interior minister Abdurashid Magomedov said through a spokesman that Tamerlan "did not have contact with the underground during his visit".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-25/boston-investigators-travel-to-russia/4650400|title=Boston investigators travel to Russia|publisher=ABC|date=April 25, 2013|accessdate=May 6, 2013}}</ref>

A distant cousin of the Tsarnaev brothers, Magomed Kartashov, is a leading intellectual figure in Dagestan's Islamist community. Zubeidat confirmed that they "became very close." Kartashov's Islamist organization, "The Union of the Just," advocates Islam as a political system under ]. He and Tamerlan discussed fighting the global fight. Kartashov said the Boston bombing is "good" in that it will increase converts to Islam similar to the attacks of September 11.<ref name=Time20130508>{{cite news|url=http://world.time.com/2013/05/08/exclusive-cousin-who-became-close-to-tamerlan-tsarnaev-in-dagestan-is-a-prominent-islamist|title=Exclusive: Dagestani Relative of Tamerlan Tsarnaev Is a Prominent Islamist|date=May 8, 2013|newspaper=Time|author=Simon Shuster}}</ref>

According to media reports, Tamerlan was seen by Dagestan police, who were conducting surveillance, making six visits to a known Islamic militant in a ] mosque in Makhachkala founded by an associate of ].<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 |first=Anna|last=Nemtsova|date=April 22, 2013|newspaper=The Daily Beast}}</ref><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|location=London|date=April 21, 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><ref name=WSJ20130509>{{cite news |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324059704578473160866108832.html|title=Dagestan Islamists Were Uneasy About Boston Bombing Suspect|date=May 9, 2013|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|first=Alan|last=Cullison}}</ref> According to Russian investigative newspaper '']'', quoting unnamed Russian security sources, Tamerlan was linked to 23-year-old ], an ]-] Islamic militant and Canadian citizen, with whom he communicated via online social networking sites.<ref name=np120820>{{cite news |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/08/20/dagestan|title=The Canadian who converted to jihad: Boxer turned militant killed in Dagestan|first=Stewart|last=Bell|work=National Post|date=August 20, 2012}}</ref><ref> {{ru icon}}</ref><ref name="telegraph1"/> Tamerlan had also visited Toronto, where Plotnikov lived with his parents.<ref>{{cite web|last=Parfitt|first=Tom |url=http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canadian+boxer+linked+Boston+bomber/8307638/story.html|title=Canadian boxer linked to Boston bomber|publisher=Ottawa Citizen|date=April 29, 2013|accessdate=May 6, 2013}}</ref> Once in Dagestan, Tamerlan is said to have met on several occasions with Makhmud Mansur Nidal, a 19-year-old Dagestani-Palestinian man. Nidal was under close surveillance by Dagestan's anti-extremism unit for six months as a suspected recruiter for Islamist insurgents, before the police killed him in May.<ref name=WSJ20130509/> According to ''Novaya Gazeta'', Tamerlan had sought to join the local insurgency, and was put on a period of 'quarantine' – a clearance check by insurgents looking for infiltrating ]s, taking several months for a recruit to be verified. After Tamerlan's alleged contacts were both killed, he "got frightened and fled". He left Russia in July two days after Plotnikov was killed, in an apparent hurry that Russian authorities considered suspicious, not waiting to pick up his new Russian passport — ostensibly one of his main reasons for coming to Russia.<ref name="telegraph1">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/tom-parfitt/10024185/Boston-bombs-the-Canadian-boxer-and-the-terror-recruiter-who-led-Tsarnaev-on-path-to-jihad.html|title=Boston bombs: the Canadian boxer and the terror recruiter who 'led Tsarnaev on path to jihad'|newspaper=Telegraph|accessdate=April 29, 2013|location=London|first=Tom|last=Parfitt|date=April 28, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/04/30/russia-tsarnaev-surveillance/2125095|title=Russia had Tamerlan Tsarnaev under surveillance|newspaper=USA Today|date=April 30, 2013 |accessdate=May 6, 2013}}</ref><ref name=trip></ref><ref name="heavy1">{{cite web|first=Caitlin|last=McCormack|url=http://www.heavy.com/news/2013/04/william-plotnikov-5-fast-facts|title=William Plotnikov: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|publisher=Heavy|date=April 29, 2013|accessdate=May 6, 2013}}</ref>

In an interview, Tsarnaev's father later said he had to force his son to return to the United States to complete his U.S. citizenship application, after Tamerlan tried to convince his family to allow him to stay in Dagestan for good.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-04-28/news/chi-boston-bombing-suspect-father-20130428_1_dagestan-the-tsarnaevs-southern-russia|title=Boston bombing suspects' parents abandon travel plans|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=April 28, 2013|accessdate=May 6, 2013}}</ref>

===July 2012 return to U.S., through April 2013===
Tamerlan returned to the U.S. on July 17, 2012, having grown a long, thick beard.<ref name="bostonglobe1"/><ref name="autogenerated4"/><ref name="miamiherald1">{{cite news|last=Mollayev|first=Arsen|url=https://news.yahoo.com/aunt-boston-bombings-suspect-struggled-islam-125631550.html|title=Aunt: Boston Bombings Suspect Struggled with Islam|publisher=Yahoo! News |agency=Associated Press |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> 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 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 his return to the U.S., Tamerlan created a YouTube channel with playlist links to two videos which were tagged under a category labeled "Terrorists", including one to Dagestani Islamic militant Amir Abu Dujana (Gadzhimurad Dolgatov, also known as 'Robin Hood', a commander of a small group in the ] district, who was killed in battle in late December 2012); the videos were later deleted.<ref name="autogenerated6">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/21/us/tamerlan-tsarnaev-timeline|title=Timeline: A look at Tamerlan Tsarnaev's past|publisher=CNN|date=April 21, 2013|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/04/24/the-obscure-russian-jihadist-whom-tamerlan-tsarnaev-followed-online|title=The obscure Russian jihadist whom Tamerlan Tsarnaev followed online|newspaper=Washington Post|accessdate=May 6, 2013}}</ref><ref></ref><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?|publisher=CNN|date=April 22, 2013|accessdate=April 23, 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 radical cleric ]; in one video, voices can be heard singing in Arabic as bombs explode.<ref name="WashPost04192013"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Parallels Between Boston Bomber And Australian Preacher|url=http://blog.adl.org/international/parallels-between-boston-bomber-and-australian-preacher|publisher=Anti-Defamation League}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated7>{{cite news|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|newspaper=Bloomberg News/Newsday|date=April 21, 2013|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/04/20/fbi-investigated-tamerlan-tsarnaev-for-plans-to-join-underground-groups|title=FBI Probed Tamerlan Tsarnaev For Plans To Join 'Underground Groups'|publisher=CBS New York|accessdate=April 20, 2013}}</ref> He frequently read extremist sites, including ]'s '']'' online magazine.<ref name="couriermail1"/>

Tamerlan applied for U.S. citizenship on September 5, 2012, but ] held up the application for "additional review" because they found a record of the 2011 FBI interview of him.<ref name="naturalization delay">{{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>

Tamerlan and his wife were receiving state welfare benefits as late as November 2012, but not at the time of the Marathon Bombings in April 2013.<ref name="bostonherald1"/> His wife's lawyer said that Tamerlan was unemployed prior to the bombing<ref name="bostonglobe1"/> and had been helping take care of their daughter, while his wife worked over 70 hours a week as a home health care aide, to support her family.<ref name="londonindependent"/>

Tamerlan was pulled over by police in Boston, ], and Cambridge at least nine times in four years. The source does not state which years these were exactly.<ref>{{cite news|last=Curran|first=Kathy|url=http://www.wcvb.com/news/investigative/Marathon-Bombing-suspects-stopped-several-times-by-law-enforcement/-/12520878/19851436/-/rqu1a7/-/index.html#ixzz2RKyeDNML|title=Marathon Bombing suspects stopped several times by law enforcement|publisher=WCVB|date=April 15, 2013|accessdate=April 24, 2013}}</ref>

In November 2012, Tamerlan reportedly confronted a shopkeeper at a Middle Eastern grocery store in Cambridge, near a mosque where he sometimes prayed, after seeing a sign there advertising Thanksgiving turkeys. He said "This is kuffar"—an Arabic reference to non-Muslims—"that's not right!". Also in November 2012, Tamerlan stood up and challenged a sermon in which the speaker said that, just like "we all celebrate the birthday of the Prophet, we can also celebrate July 4 and Thanksgiving," according to Yusufi Vali, a mosque spokesman. Vali said Tamerlan stated that he "took offense to celebrating anything," be it the Prophet's birthday (which not all Muslims celebrate) or American holidays.<ref name="wsj20130422" /> In January 2013, Tamerlan again disrupted a ] ] at a mosque in Cambridge. He objected to the speaker's comparison of ] to ] Tamerlan was shouted down by members of 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, MIT killing, and carjacking===
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Tamerlan is believed to have committed the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, 2013, and to have killed MIT police officer Sean Collier,<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57581048/police-believe-tsarnaev-brothers-killed-officer-for-his-gun/ |title=Police believe Tsarnaev brothers killed officer for his gun |publisher=CBS News |accessdate=July 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2331114/Did-Boston-bombing-suspect-Tamerlan-Tsarnaev-steal-gun-used-kill-police-officer-Sean-Collier-victims-2011-triple-homicide-stands-accused-of.html |title=Did Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev steal the gun used to kill police officer Sean Collier from victims of 2011 triple homicide he now stands accused of? &#124; Mail Online |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date=May 26, 2013 |accessdate=July 4, 2013 |location=London}}</ref> though initial reports had described the suspect as a black male wearing black clothing and weighing approximately 120 pounds.<ref>{{cite web|author=The Lookout |url=http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/gunman-reportedly-shoots-police-officer-mit-boston-034906627.html |title=Gunman kills police officer at MIT in Boston &#124; The Lookout - Yahoo News |publisher=News.yahoo.com |date=April 18, 2013 |accessdate=February 21, 2014}}</ref> He is also believed to have committed a carjacking on April 18. His brother Dzhokhar is believed to have been a partner in the crimes.<ref>{{cite web|author=<!---->By Todd Feathers |url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/25/middlesex-county-prosecutors-building-murder-case-against-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-officer-slaying/PKbh3IdCirTC3sAXb5fo1K/story.html |title=Middlesex County prosecutors building murder case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in officer’s slaying - Metro |publisher=The Boston Globe |date=April 25, 2013 |accessdate=July 4, 2013}}</ref>

===Death===
In the early hours of April 19, 2013, in ], a suburb of Boston, Tamerlan was apprehended by police after being shot multiple times. The exact sequence of events remains clouded in confusion, as do key details. According to police, Tamerlan's younger brother Dzhokhar ran him over with an SUV and dragged him with the vehicle for {{convert|20|ft|m|0}},<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|location=London|first1=Snejana|last1=Farberov|first2=Paul|last2=Thompson|date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> which is substantiated by the federal indictment.<ref name=CNNindictment/> He was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where, despite efforts to revive him by emergency medical personnel, he was pronounced dead from several critical injuries, 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> Emergency physicians said that he did not appear to have been run over.<ref name="Boston Herald">{{cite news |url=http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/04/er_doctor_bombing_suspect_died_at_hospital|accessdate=April 19, 2013|title=ER doctor: Bombing suspect died at hospital|author=Graham, Jordan|work=Boston Herald|date=April 19, 2013}}</ref> An eyewitness says that he was struck by a police SUV before he was shot multiple times.<ref name="WWL First News">{{cite news|url=http://www.wwl.com/pages/16093472.php?contentType=4&contentId=12840287|accessdate=April 19, 2013 |title=AUDIO: Cops hit one bombing suspect with SUV|author=Miller, Chris|work=WWL First News|date=April 19, 2013}}</ref>

Tamerlan's parents continue to proclaim his innocence. His mother is quoted as saying, "America took my kids away from me. I'm sure my kids were not involved in anything."<ref name="nbc-news">{{cite news|last=Mong|first=Adrienne|title='America took my kids away': Mother of Boston suspects insists sons not responsible|url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/25/17912024-america-took-my-kids-away-mother-of-boston-suspects-insists-sons-not-responsible?lite|newspaper=NBC news|accessdate=May 1, 2013|date=April 25, 2013}}</ref> The imam of a prominent Boston mosque has condemned the violence and distanced itself from the suspects, refusing to give Tamerlan a Muslim burial.<ref name="huffingtonpost1">{{cite news|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|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=April 20, 2013|accessdate=April 21, 2013|first=Jaweed|last=Kaleem}}</ref> His body was released to the funeral service hired by the family at 5:30&nbsp;p.m. EDT May 2, 2013, by the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.<ref>{{cite news|title=Remains of Boston bombing suspect claimed|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/02/boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-tamerlan/2130715/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=206567|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=May 2, 2013|date=May 2, 2013}}</ref> His death certificate gives cause of death as gunshot wounds to the torso and extremities, as well as blunt trauma to the head and torso. It confirmed that he was struck and dragged by a vehicle, in addition to being shot.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/05/03/boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-tamerlan-tsarnaev-died-from-gunshot-wounds-blunt-trauma-according-death-certificate/HqbOisq2mQerevXscHn06J/story.html|title=Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev died from gunshot wounds, blunt trauma, according to death certificate|publisher=Boston.com|first=Wesley |last=Lowery |date=May 4, 2013}}</ref>

Tamerlan's body was moved to a funeral home in ]; after protesters picketed the building, it was handed over to Graham, Putnam, and Mahoney Funeral Parlor in ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22409920|title=Burial wrangle for Boston suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev|publisher=Bbc.co.uk|accessdate=May 6, 2013|date=May 4, 2013}}</ref> Officials in Boston, Cambridge, at a state prison, and in over 120 other U.S. and Canadian locations refused to allow Tamerlan's body to be buried in their jurisdictions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/conspiracy-suspects-dad-he-not-terrorist|title=Saga of Boston Marathon suspect's body drags on|agency=Associated Press|first=Jay |last=Lindsay |date=May 8, 2013}}</ref> On May 9, Worcester police announced that Tamerlan's body had been buried in an undisclosed location.<ref>{{cite web|title=Police: Deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect buried|url=http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=9095648|publisher=WABC TV|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}</ref> It was later reported that Tsarnaev was buried in a small Muslim cemetery, Al-Barzakh Cemetery, in ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried in Muslim cemetery in Doswell, Va.|url=http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/05/10/boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-tamerlan-tsarnaev-buried-doswell-virginia-according-two-sources/WJZCb0rTWtLFZTMzKzST4L/story.html|publisher=Boston Globe |first1=Wesley |last1=Lowery |first2=Matt |last2=Viser |date=May 10, 2013}}</ref> The burial was set in motion by Martha Mullen of ], who said she was appalled by the protests at the funeral home, which she said "portrayed America at its worst" and wanted to find a way to end the impasse. She contacted Islamic Funeral Services of Virginia, which agreed to provide an unmarked plot in their cemetery. The funeral agency released a statement saying "What Tsarnaev did is between him and God. We strongly disagree with his violent actions, but that does not release us from our obligation to return his body to the earth."<ref name="GlobeExclusive">, ], May 10, 2013.</ref> ] Sheriff Tony Lippa said the burial was legal.<ref name="CNNlegal">, ], May 12, 2013</ref> Locals, as well as the imam of the Virginia Islamic Centre, condemned the secretive burial.<ref name="cnews.canoe.ca">{{cite web |url=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2013/05/10/20812111.html|title=Tamerlan Tsarnaev buried in Virginia|first=Gary |last=Robertson|work=CNews|date=May 10, 2013|accessdate=May 15, 2013}}</ref>

On June 19, 2013, Tamerlan's name was read aloud (in the context of a victim of gun violence) during a "No More Names" event held in ]. In response, ]'s ] issued a statement explaining that they were using a list compiled by ], and apologized saying that his name was "a mistake" and should have been removed.<ref name="Politico">{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/06/uproar-over-group-naming-tsarnaev-a-victim-of-gun-166629.html|title=Uproar over group naming Tsarnaev a victim of gun violence|publisher=Politico|accessdate=June 21, 2013}}</ref>

==Related individuals==
As a result of the intense law enforcement and media investigation into the lives of the accused brothers, several family members have received considerable worldwide media attention.

===Zubeidat Tsarnaeva===

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva is the mother of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar. In photos of her as a younger woman, she wore Western-style clothing, including a low-cut blouse. After she arrived in the U.S. from Russia in 2002, she took classes at the Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics before becoming a state-licensed ] and getting a job at a suburban day spa.<ref name=HuffPo20130423>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/28/zubeidat-tsarnaeva-mother-boston-marathon-bombing-suspects_n_3176009.html|title=Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, Mother Of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects, Says She's Just Someone Who Found Deeper Spirituality|date=April 28, 2013|newspaper=Huffington Post|author=David Caruso, Michael Kunzelman and Max Seddon}}</ref> After deciding she could no longer work in a business that served men,<ref name=wsj20130422/> she started working from home, where clients saw her become more radical and promote ].<ref>Eagan, Margery. ." '']''. April 23, 2013.</ref>

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva said she urged her son Tamerlan to embrace Islam in 2008 because she was concerned about his drinking, smoking, and pursuit of women. She said he began to read more about it on the Internet. She also urged him to quit boxing because Islam prohibits hitting someone in the face.<ref name="abcnews.go.com">{{cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/boston-bomb-suspects-mother-young-son-obeyed-big/story?id=19014490#.UYeagLWkoXE |title=Boston Bomb Suspects' Mother Says Young Son Would Have Obeyed Big Brother|newspaper=ABC News|date=April 22, 2013|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}</ref> She also praised Russell, saying. "She is a serious, good, American girl who converted to Islam as if she had always been a Muslim. We all love her a lot."<ref name="abcnews.go.com"/>

Zubeidat discussed ''jihad'' during a 2011 phone call with Tamerlan that was taped by a Russian government agency, and intelligence officials also discovered text messages in which his mother discusses how Tamerlan is ready to die for Islam.<ref name="autogenerated3"/> She was taped suggesting that Tamerlan go to Palestine.<ref>{{cite news|last=Estrin|first=Daniel|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/bombers-mother-told-son-to-go-to-palestine|title=Bombers' mother told older son to go to 'Palestine'|newspaper=The Times of Israel|date=April 28, 2013|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}</ref>

Zubeidat and her son Tamerlan were the subject of a Russian Intelligence inquiry to the US government in 2011 because of what the Russians perceived as extremist Islamic views. She was interviewed by the FBI who found nothing to pursue at the time. In late 2011, the CIA put both Tamerlan and Zubeidat in its ] database.<ref name="autogenerated3"/><ref name="AP-tsarnaref-silent"/><ref name=TimesIsrael20130427>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/fbi-searches-landfill-near-boston-bombers-university/|title=Boston suspects' mother in terrorism database since 2011|newspaper=Times of Israel|date=April 27, 2013}}</ref>

Ruslan Tsarni told the AP from his home in Maryland that he believed his former sister-in-law had a "big-time influence" on her older son's (Tamerlan) growing embrace of his Muslim faith and decision to quit boxing and school.<ref name=HuffPo20130423/>

In early 2012, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva was arrested for shoplifting $1,624 worth of women's clothing from ] in ]. She left the U.S. for Russia and did not appear in court.<ref name=HuffPo20130423/><ref name=TimesIsrael20130427/> Anzor and Zubeidat Tsarnaev divorced in 2011 after twenty-five years of 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 news|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|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=April 23, 2013|accessdate=April 25, 2013}}</ref> The mother's move toward more radical Islam was reportedly a factor in the breakdown of the marriage.<ref name="wsj20130422" /> They may have reconciled in Dagestan.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/boston-marathon-bombing-suspects-twisted-family-history/story?id=19012097#.UYefa7WkoXF |title=Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects' Twisted Family History|newspaper=ABC News|date=April 22, 2013 |accessdate=May 9, 2013}}</ref>

She has strongly expressed in TV interviews that her sons are innocent and that they were framed by the FBI.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/boston-marathon-bombing-suspects-mom-family-dirt/story?id=19008550#.UYdfdrWkoXE |title=Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects' Mom: 'My Family Is in the Dirt'|newspaper=ABC News|date=April 20, 2013 |accessdate=May 9, 2013}}</ref>

===Katherine Russell===
Tamerlan's widow,<ref name="cbsnews.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57580951-504083/boston-marathon-bombing-update-katherine-russell-tsarnaeva-suspects-wife-was-in-absolute-shock-after-bombings/ |title=Boston Marathon Bombing Update: Katherine Russell Tsarnaeva, suspect's wife, was in "absolute shock" after bombings – Crimesider |newspaper=CBS News|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}</ref> Katherine Russell (aka Karima Tsarnaeva or Katherine Tsarnaev<ref name="Steve Helling">{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20694041,00.html|title=Katherine Russell Tsarnaev: From All-American Girl to Bomber's Wife|author=Steve Helling|date=April 23, 2013|publisher=]}}</ref>), was born on February 6, 1989, in Texas.<ref>"." '']''. Retrieved on May 7, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-30/woman-who-left-her-world-for-tsarnaev-draws-fbi-attention.html |title=Woman Who Left Her World for Tsarnaev Draws FBI Attention |publisher=Bloomberg |date=April 30, 2013 |first1=Esmé E. |last1=Deprez |first2=Elise |last2=Young |accessdate=March 24, 2014 }}</ref> She was raised in Rhode Island; her father is an emergency room doctor and her mother is a nurse.<ref name="huffingtonpost5">{{cite news|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 |accessdate=May 9, 2013 |date=April 22, 2013}}</ref> Their home has been described as nominally Christian.<ref name="washingtonpost.com">{{cite news| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/feature/wp/2013/04/27/the-tsarnaev-family-a-faded-portrait-of-an-immigrants-american-dream/ | work=The Washington Post | title=The Tsarnaev family: A faded portrait of an immigrant’s American dream}}</ref>

She attended ], and graduated in 2007 at the top of her class. Her yearbook entry lists her plans as college and the Peace Corps. She was remembered for her talent in painting and drawing.<ref name="cbsnews.com"/>

Russell met Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2007 in a nightclub, soon after she started as a communications major at ].<ref name="huffingtonpost5"/><ref name="washingtonpost.com"/><ref name="cbsnews.com"/><ref name="nytimes3">{{cite news|last=Cooper|first=Michael|url=http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/us/path-from-social-butterfly-to-suspects-widow-in-hijab.html?from=homepage|title=Path From 'Social Butterfly' to Boston Suspect's Widow|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 4, 2013|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}</ref> They started dating on and off,<ref name="cbsnews.com"/> and at one point in 2009, Tsarnaev was living with another woman.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/feature/wp/2013/04/27/the-tsarnaev-family-a-faded-portrait-of-an-immigrants-american-dream/|title=The Tsarnaev family: A faded portrait of an immigrant's American dream |newspaper=Washington Post|date=April 27, 2013|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}</ref> At Tsarnaev's insistence, Russell converted to Islam in 2008, adopted the ], and chose the name Karima after her conversion.<ref name="abcnews.go.com"/>

Russell dropped out of college in the Spring of 2010 after she became pregnant in her senior year, and the couple married on June 21, 2010, in a 15-minute ceremony in a ] mosque.<ref name="nytimes3"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Hesse |first=Monica |url=http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-05-05/lifestyle/39048050_1_russell-s-bike-path-bombs/3 |title=Katherine Russell: Boston bombing suspect widow's enigmatic life journey|newspaper=Washington Post|date=April 29, 2013 |accessdate=May 9, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/22/us/boston-suspect-wife |title=Boston bombing suspect's widow is assisting investigation, lawyer says|publisher=CNN|accessdate=May 9, 2013|date=April 24, 2013}}</ref> According to the officiant, it was Russell who called and made the arrangements. Only two witnesses attended the wedding.<ref name="cbsnews.com"/> She moved into her husband's apartment in Cambridge<ref name="nytimes3"/> and gave birth to their daughter Zahara in late 2010.<ref name="Steve Helling"/> At times, she worked as a home health aide.<ref name="nytimes3"/>

From September 2011 to November 2012 she and her husband had their income supplemented by public assistance and food stamps.<ref name="nytimes3"/> When Tsarnaev was in Russia for six months, she and their daughter stayed in Cambridge.<ref name="nytimes3"/>

At the time of the bombings on April 15, 2013, Russell was living with her husband and daughter in the Norfolk Street family home in Cambridge.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/widow_of_slain_killer_returns_home_IaVD368gXRWb5wMPogI4LM |title=Katherine Russell, wife of slain Boston bombings suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, returns home |newspaper=The NY Post |date=April 21, 2013 |accessdate=May 24, 2013 |first=Jennifer |last=Bain}}</ref> The younger brother also officially lived there, but in practice stayed in a dorm at UMASS Dartmouth.<ref name="cbsnews.com"/> After the bombings, when the suspects' photos were released, Russell apparently contacted her husband by phone and by text message. She has refused to disclose what they talked about.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2319895/Katherine-Russell-Tsarnaev-Boston-bombers-widow-goes-Chipotle-daughter-friend-FBI-investigate-Islamic-links.html|title=Katherine Russell Tsarnaev: Boston bomber's widow goes to Chipotle with daughter and friend as FBI investigate her Islamic links|newspaper=Daily Mail|date=May 5, 2013|accessdate=May 9, 2013|location=London|first1=Lydia|last1=Warren|first2=Snejana|last2=Farberov|first3=Louise|last3=Boyle}}</ref>

After her husband died, Russell retreated to her parents' home in Rhode Island.<ref name="Steve Helling"/> Her parents released a statement saying "ur 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|location=Toronto}}</ref>

The FBI has interviewed Russell on a number of occasions and collected ] samples. She refused to take custody of her husband's remains and has reverted to using her ].<ref name="dailymail.co.uk">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2317936/Katherine-Russell-Boston-Bomber-widows-fresh-faced-mugshot-following-2007-arrest-shoplifting-clothes-store.html|title=Katherine Russell: Boston Bomber widow's fresh-faced mugshot following her 2007 arrest for shoplifting from a clothes store|newspaper=Daily Mail|date=May 1, 2013|accessdate=May 9, 2013|location=London|first1=Laura|last1=Collins|first2=Rhode|last2=Island|first3=David|last3=McCormack}}</ref>

Investigators discovered magazine bomb-making instructions<ref>{{cite web|title=Inspire Magazine: A Staple of Domestic Terror|url=http://blog.adl.org/extremism/inspire-magazine-a-staple-of-domestic-terror|publisher=Anti-Defamation League}}</ref> on Russell's computer, though it is not clear who downloaded the files.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{cite news|author=Sari Horwitz|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/investigators-sharpen-focus-on-boston-bombing-suspects-widow/2013/05/03/a2cd9d28-b413-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html?hpid=z1|title=Investigators sharpen focus on wife of dead Boston bombing suspect|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 3, 2013|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}</ref> Through her attorney, Russell insists that she was not aware of her husband's alleged criminal activity,<ref name="Steve Helling"/> and to date no charges have been filed against her.

==See also==
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* ]
* Mohamed Osman Mohamud, Somali-American arrested for the ]
* ], American convicted of the 1995 ] and executed on June 11, 2001
* ], American convicted of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
* ], American convicted of the 1996 ], a deadly terrorist attack on an urban sporting event
* ], 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
* ], a British student who became radicalized via watching jihadist videos in social media
* ], a Norwegian convicted of the ], a combination of bombing and gun attacks conducted in ] and on the island ]

==References==


===Footnotes===
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| title = Defense admits Tsarnaev took part in Marathon bombings
| first1 = Milton J.
| last1 = Valencia
| first2 = Patricia
| last2 = Wen
| first3 = Kevin
| last3 = Cullen
| first4 = John R.
| last4 = Ellement
| first5 = Martin
| last5 = Finucane
| publisher = The Boston Globe
| date = March 4, 2015
| accessdate = March 4, 2015
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<ref name=case> ''BBC''. January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2015.</ref>

<ref name=first>{{cite news
|title=Boston bomb suspect heads to first public court hearing
|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/10/tsarnaev-boston-marathon-bombing-hearing/2504681/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=206567
|publisher=USA Today
|accessdate=July 10, 2013
|first1=G. Jeffrey
|last1=MacDonald
|first2=John
|last2=Bacon
|date=July 10, 2013
}}</ref>

<ref name=george> ''CNN''. January 2, 2015.</ref>

<ref name=seek>{{cite news
|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-to-seek-death-penalty-in-boston-bombing-case/2014/01/30/c15465d8-8785-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_story.html
|title=U.S. to seek death penalty in Boston bombing case
|last1=Goldman
|first1=Adam
|last2=Horwitz
|first1=Sari
|date=January 30, 2014
|work=The Washington Post
|accessdate=January 30, 2014
}}</ref>

<ref name=smiles>{{cite web
|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/accused-boston-marathon-bomber-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-smiles-court/story?id=19627878
|title=Accused Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Smiles in Court, Pleads Not Guilty
|publisher=]
|accessdate=March 1, 2014
}}</ref>



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