EDT (18:49 UTC), two bombs detonated about 210 yards (190 m) apart at the finish line on Boylston Street near Copley Square. The 117th annual Boston Marathon was run on Patriots' Day, April 15, 2013. Tsarnaev, the Court upheld the death penalty, reversing the First Circuit Court's decision. After hearing arguments as United States v.

A writ of certiorari was granted by the Supreme Court of the United States, which considered the questions of whether the lower court erred in vacating the death sentence. Two months later, he was sentenced to death, but the sentence was vacated by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He was convicted of 30 charges, including use of a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death. He also said they had intended to travel to New York City to bomb Times Square. He said they learned to build explosive devices from the online magazine of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. ĭuring questioning, Dzhokhar said that he and his brother were motivated by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, that they were self- radicalized and unconnected to any outside terrorist groups, and that he was following his brother's lead. After a Watertown resident discovered Dzhokhar hiding in a boat in his backyard, the fugitive was shot and wounded by police before being taken into custody. Residents of Watertown and surrounding communities were asked to stay indoors, and the transportation system and most businesses and public places closed. Tamerlan died soon after.Īn unprecedented manhunt for Dzhokhar ensued, with thousands of law enforcement officers searching a 20-block area of Watertown. Tamerlan was shot several times, and his brother Dzhokhar ran him over while escaping in the stolen car. They had a shootout with the police in nearby Watertown, during which two officers were severely injured (one of whom, Dennis Simmonds, died a year later). Following their identification, they killed an MIT policeman, then kidnapped a man in his car. They were later identified as the Tsarnaev brothers, who were Chechen Kyrgyzstani-Americans. Three days later, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released images of two suspects. Three people were killed and hundreds injured, including 17 who lost limbs. Brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev planted two homemade pressure cooker bombs, which detonated near the finish line of the race 14 seconds and 210 yards (190 m) apart. The Boston Marathon bombing was a domestic terrorist attack that took place during the annual Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Revenge for American military action in Iraq and Afghanistan Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ( sentenced to death).Krystle Campbell, 29, Medford, Massachusetts.Martin Richard, 8, Dorchester, Massachusetts.

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