April 15th in Boston, Massachusetts. It was Patriot's Day and the city was bustling in the wake of the 117th Boston Marathon. At 2:50pm most of the winners had crossed the finish line but as more runners came to the finish line, two bombs went off killing 3 people and injuring 264 others. Of those people injured 14 needed amputations and 17 were in critical condition. On April 18th the FBI released a surveillance video revealing two subjects, the Tsarnaev brothers of Cambridge, MA. The brother hail from the small country of Kyrgyzstan just below Russia. The older brother, Tamerlan, had no known occupation while the younger brother, Dzhokhar, attended UMass Dartmouth. After identifying the suspects the city of Boston was shut down. The brothers' aunt and uncle spoke to the media in a press conference to provide more background information. A manhunt ensued which eventually resulted in the authorities and the suspects in a shootout where the older suspect was killed. The younger brother fled, but was later surrounded while hiding out in a boat in Watertown, MA. Shots were exchanged, but law enforcement managed to convince the young man to surrender. Dzhokhar was taken into custody and rushed to the hospital for his wounds. While in the hospital, he told authorities that he and his brother had originally planned an attack on July 4th but chose to act sooner because they built the explosives quicker than expected. The one thing many Bostonians and perhaps the nation waited for was their motive. Tsarnaev claims he and his brother disapproves of U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. Family members claim the two brothers were Muslim but had no connection to any terrorist networks. His older brother's body remains unclaimed leaving many to debate whether he should even be buried.
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