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| Tamerlan Tsarnaev (left), 26, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19 |
Gunfire and explosions were heard as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was found hiding in a boat in a backyard in Watertown.
He had escaped on foot early on Friday after a police shootout that claimed the life of his elder brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
Three people died and more than 170 were hurt in Monday's bombings.
A crowd gathered near the scene cheered as the suspect was arrested on Friday night.
Boston Police Department tweeted: "CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody."
Witnesses reported hearing gunshots and more than a dozen explosions, which local television channels speculated could have been flash-bang grenades used by the authorities to disorient the fugitive.
A local resident, Anna Bedirian, told Reuters news agency: "There's about 50 guys there with machine guns and they all got bulletproof vests on, some of them are holding shields.
"There are a couple of armoured cars and they're all standing around."
Friday night's breakthrough came less than an hour after authorities lifted a city-wide order for residents to stay indoors, and reopened the transport system, as the trail appeared to have gone cold.
Source: BBC
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