Mother assails US over suspect's death
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April 26, 2013, Friday
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THE mother of the two brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston bombings yesterday launched an impassioned attack on the US authorities over the death of one of her sons, as her husband planned to travel to the United States to find out what happened.
The parents of the two suspects, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, spoke to reporters in the Russian region of Dagestan where they were living when the Boston marathon bombings took place.
Their mother Zubeidat, in a hugely emotional intervention, accused the US security services of needlessly killing her eldest son and tearfully expressed regret the family ever moved to the US.
Tamerlan, 26, was killed in a chaotic shootout while Dzhokhar, 19, was gravely wounded during his capture by the US authorities and has now been charged.
Tamerlan was "killed, cruelly killed. I want to scream to the whole world, what did you do? He was alive!" Zubeidat, dressed in an Islamic headscarf, said.
"He was alive! Why did they need to kill him? Why? They got him alive," she said.
Zubeidat reaffirmed her belief that her sons were innocent of the Boston bombings. "I know one thing, that my children did not do this."
She also expressed worry over the injuries to Dzhokhar. "He has a really bad wound on his neck. He is getting better but he is still weak."
She tearfully expressed regret over the family's move to the United States in 2002, waving her hands and banging the table with emotion. "Why did I ever go there? Why? I thought that America will protect us and our kids, it will be safe," she said. "But America took my kids away from me. Why would I not regret?"
The parents met investigators from the US FBI in Dagestan earlier this week in a visit organized by the US Embassy in cooperation with the Russian authorities.
The parents of the two suspects, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, spoke to reporters in the Russian region of Dagestan where they were living when the Boston marathon bombings took place.
Their mother Zubeidat, in a hugely emotional intervention, accused the US security services of needlessly killing her eldest son and tearfully expressed regret the family ever moved to the US.
Tamerlan, 26, was killed in a chaotic shootout while Dzhokhar, 19, was gravely wounded during his capture by the US authorities and has now been charged.
Tamerlan was "killed, cruelly killed. I want to scream to the whole world, what did you do? He was alive!" Zubeidat, dressed in an Islamic headscarf, said.
"He was alive! Why did they need to kill him? Why? They got him alive," she said.
Zubeidat reaffirmed her belief that her sons were innocent of the Boston bombings. "I know one thing, that my children did not do this."
She also expressed worry over the injuries to Dzhokhar. "He has a really bad wound on his neck. He is getting better but he is still weak."
She tearfully expressed regret over the family's move to the United States in 2002, waving her hands and banging the table with emotion. "Why did I ever go there? Why? I thought that America will protect us and our kids, it will be safe," she said. "But America took my kids away from me. Why would I not regret?"
The parents met investigators from the US FBI in Dagestan earlier this week in a visit organized by the US Embassy in cooperation with the Russian authorities.
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