Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev buried

Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried at an undisclosed location, Massachusetts police say.

Tsarnaev was killed during a manhunt after last month's bombing, which killed three and injured more than 260.

Dozens of protesters picketed the Worcester funeral home holding his body last week.
Posted by Unknown 5/10/2013

Boston Bombing Suspect Moved to Same Prison as Srilankan Rajaratnam

Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was moved from a Boston hospital to the federal medical prison in Massachusetts where former hedge fund manager Srilanka Raj Rajaratnam is serving an 11 year-sentence for insider trading.

Tsarnaev, 19, was transferred to Federal Medical Center Devens, on the site of a decommissioned military base 39 miles (63 kilometers) west of Boston, the U.S. Marshals Service said today in a statement.

Posted by Unknown 4/26/2013

Boston suspects 'targeted New York's Times Square'

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said the Boston bombing suspects planned to detonate the rest of their explosives in Times Square.

Mayor Bloomberg said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect, had told the FBI he and his brother "spontaneously" decided that New York would be next.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters the suspects had a pressure cooker bomb and five pipe bombs.
Posted by Unknown 4/26/2013

Boston bombs suspect 'in custody'

Tamerlan Tsarnaev (left), 26, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19

The teenage suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has been taken into custody in a suburb of the city, police have said.

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.

Posted by Saman Jayasekara 4/20/2013

Latest about Boston Marathon bombing: FBI reveals pressure cooker clues

One of those who died has been named as eight-year-old Martin Richard, from the Dorchester area of Boston. He was at the finishing line with his mother and sister, who were both seriously injured.

A second victim was named as Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant manager.

Boston University said the third person who died was a graduate student. In a statement on Tuesday, it said it was not releasing the name or any other information about the student pending permission from the family.
The Chinese consulate in New York later confirmed that the student who died was a Chinese national.

Bombs that targeted the Boston Marathon on Monday may have been packed in pressure cookers, investigators say.

Images from a joint Homeland Security and FBI bulletin show the remains of a dark backpack, a detonation device and mangled pieces of metal.

Three people were killed and more than 170 injured when two bombs exploded near the finish line of Monday's race.

Those who died were an eight-year-old boy, a woman aged 29 and a postgraduate student from China.

President Barack Obama will travel to Boston on Thursday for a memorial.
Posted by Unknown 4/17/2013

SL President offers condolences to USA over Boston bomb attack

SL President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a message to US President Barrack Obama condemned the Boston bomb attack today and called it an act of cowardice while conveying condolences over the loss of life and injuries sustained

The  president also had said in his message that Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, a Sri Lankan minister, was also killed in a terrorist bomb attack while getting ready to start a similar marathon and therefore we in Sri Lanka very well understood the brutality and the pain of terrorism.

The president also invited the US leader and leaders of all countries to get together to eliminate this scourge of terrorism.
Source: Dailymirror Posted by Unknown 4/16/2013

FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts

We will find out who did this. We'll find out why they did this ; Barack Obama

Boston Marathon this year had a field of about 23,000 runners and was watched by hundreds of thousands of spectators

Barack Obama speaking to Media after Boston attack,

The moment of the first explotion,

An investigation is under way after two explosions near the finishing line of the Boston Marathon left three people dead and more than 100 injured.

The FBI has taken over co-ordination of what it described as a "potential terrorist inquiry".

Boston police say officers are working around the clock and all leave has been cancelled.

At least 17 people are critically wounded, officials say, and the injuries include several amputations.

In a televised address, President Barack Obama vowed to bring those behind the attack to justice.

"We will find out who did this. We'll find out why they did this," he said.

"Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups, will feel the full weight of justice."
Posted by Unknown 4/16/2013