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Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 4/10/15, 9:02 PM Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dzhokhar Anzorovich "Jahar" Tsarnaev (Джоха́р Анзо́рович Царна́ев /ˌdʒoʊˈxɑr ˌtsɑrˈnaɪ.ɛf/; born July 22, 1993) and Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev (Тамерла́н Анзо́рович Царна́ев /ˌtæmərˈlɑːn/; October 21, 1986 – April 19, 2013)[note 1] are two Chechen brothers who planted bombs at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013.[1][2][3][4] The bombings killed three people and reportedly injured as many as 264 others.[5] Shortly after the Federal Bureau of Investigation declared them suspects in the bombings and released images of them, the Tsarnaev brothers killed an MIT police officer, carjacked an SUV, and engaged in a shootout with the police in the Boston suburb of Watertown. According to the federal indictment, during the shootout Tamerlan was captured, but died partly as a result of his brother driving over him, and an MBTA police officer was critically injured in the course of Dzhokhar's escape in the SUV[6] (the latter by what may have been friendly fire).[7] Dzhokhar was injured but escaped, and an unprecedented manhunt ensued, with thousands of police searching a 20-block area of Watertown. On the evening of April 19, the heavily wounded Dzhokhar was found unarmed hiding in a boat on a trailer in Watertown just outside the police perimeter, arrested, and taken to a hospital. It was later reported that he was persuaded to surrender when the FBI negotiators mentioned a public plea from his former wrestling coach.[8] While still confined to a hospital bed, Dzhokhar was charged on April 22 with using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death and with malicious destruction of property resulting in death.[9][10][11] He was convicted on April 8, 2015, and faces the possibility of the death penalty in the sentencing phase.[12][13][14] Dzhokhar allegedly later said during questioning that they next intended to detonate explosives in Times Square in New York City.[15] Dzhokhar reportedly also said to authorities that he and his brother were radicalized, at least in part, by watching Anwar al-Awlaki lectures.[16] ABC reported on April 23, 2013, that authorities linked Tamerlan to an unsolved triple homicide in nearby Waltham that took place around the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.[17] Born seven years apart in different republics of the former Soviet Union, the brothers are half Chechen and half Avar.[18] They immigrated to the United States as refugees in 2002. Tamerlan was an aspiring boxer who authorities believe had recently become a follower of radical Islam. Dzhokhar was a student at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth who became a naturalized U.S. citizen on September 11, 2012, seven months before the bombings.[19] Contents 1 Shared background 2 Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 2.1 Early life 2.2 Education http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzhokhar_and_Tamerlan_Tsarnaev Page 1 of 36 Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 4/10/15, 9:02 PM 2.3 2013 Boston Marathon bombings 2.4 After the bombings 2.5 MIT killing, carjacking, firefight, and manhunt 2.6 Arrest and detention 2.7 Questioning, charges, and confessions 2.8 Rolling Stone magazine 2.9 Trial 3 Tamerlan Tsarnaev 3.1 Early life and education 3.2 2008 3.3 2009 3.4 2010 3.5 2011 3.6 Allegations of involvement in 2011 Waltham triple homicide 3.7 2012 visit to Russia 3.8 July 2012 return to U.S., through April 2013 3.9 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, MIT killing, and carjacking 3.10 Death 4 Related individuals 4.1 Zubeidat Tsarnaeva 4.2 Katherine Russell 5 See also 6 References 6.1 Footnotes 6.2 Notes 7 Further reading 8 External links Shared background Tamerlan was born in the Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic[20] in 1986, and Dzhokhar was born in Kyrgyzstan in 1993.[21] Their father, Anzor Tsarnaev, is a Chechen, and their mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, is an Avar.[22][23][24] The parents also have two daughters.[25][26][27] The brothers were born into a Muslim family.[28][29][30] Their father was a traditional Muslim who reportedly shunned religious extremism.[31] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzhokhar_and_Tamerlan_Tsarnaev Page 2 of 36 Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 4/10/15, 9:02 PM As children, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar lived in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan. In 2001, the family moved to Makhachkala, Dagestan, in the Russian Federation.[32][33][34] In April 2002, the Tsarnaev parents and Dzhokhar went to the United States on a 90-day tourist visa.[35][36][37] Anzor Tsarnaev applied for asylum, citing fears of deadly persecution due to his ties to Chechnya.[38] Tamerlan arrived in the U.S. around two years later.[39] In the U.S. the parents received asylum and then filed for their four children, who received "derivative asylum status".[40] They settled on Norfolk Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Tamerlan lived in Cambridge on Norfolk Street until his death.[41] Anzor and Zubeidat Tsarnaev both received welfare benefits.[42] The father worked as a backyard mechanic and the mother worked as a cosmetologist[43] until she lost her job for refusing to work in a business that served men. In March 2007, the family was granted legal permanent residence.[39] According to some, other Chechen Americans in the area apparently did not consider them to be fully Chechen because they had not ever lived in Chechnya.[21] Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Early life Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (born July 22, 1993) was born in Kyrgyzstan. As a child, he emigrated with his family to Russia and then, when he was eight years old, to the United States under political asylum. The family settled in Cambridge and became U.S. permanent residents in March 2007. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen on September 11, 2012, while in college.[33][37][44] His mother, Zubeidat, also became a naturalized U.S. citizen, but it is not clear if his father, Anzor, ever did. Tamerlan, his brother, was unable to naturalize expeditiously due to an investigation against him, which held up the citizenship process.[47] At Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, a public high school, he was an avid wrestler, Born Dzhokhar Anzorovich captain of his high-school wrestling team, and a Greater Tsarnaev[note 1] Boston League winter all-star.[33][41] He sometimes July 22, 1993 [44] worked as a lifeguard at Harvard University.[48] Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan Residence Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. In 2011, he contacted a professor at UMass Dartmouth who taught a class about Chechen history, expressing his Other names Jahar Tsarnaev[11] interest in the topic.[49] He graduated from high school in Ethnicity Chechen-Avar[23] [33] 2011 and the City of Cambridge awarded him a $2,500 Citizenship American and Kyrgyzstani[45] [41] scholarship that year. His brother's boxing coach, who Alma mater University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (did not graduate) Occupation College student http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzhokhar_and_Tamerlan_Tsarnaev Page 3 of 36 Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 4/10/15, 9:02 PM had not seen them in a few years at the time of the Known for Boston Marathon bombings, killing bombings, said that "the young brother was like a puppy an MIT officer, and other related dog, following his older brother".[50][51] crimes Criminal Using and conspiring to use a Education charge weapon of mass destruction resulting in death; malicious Dzhokhar enrolled in the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, with a major in marine biology, in September destruction of property resulting in death[11][46] 2011. He said that he hoped to become a dentist.[33][52] Criminal Guilty Dzhokhar was described as "normal" and popular among status fellow students. His friends said he sometimes used Parent(s) Anzor and Zubeidat Tsarnaev marijuana,[53] liked hip hop, and did not talk to them Relatives 1 brother (Tamerlan, deceased) about politics.[54] He volunteered in the Best Buddies 2 sisters (Ailina and Bella) program.[49] Many friends and other acquaintances found it inconceivable that he could be one of the two bombers at first,[49] calling it "completely out of his character".[55] He was not perceived as foreign, spoke English well,[54] easily fit in socially, and was described by peers as "[not] 'them'. He was 'us.' He was Cambridge".[56] On the Russian-language social-networking site VK, Dzhokhar described his "world view" as "Islam" and his personal priorities as "career and money". He posted links to Islamic websites, links to videos of fighters in the Syrian civil war, and links to pages advocating independence for Chechnya.[57] Dzhokhar was also active on Twitter. According to The Economist, he seemed "to have been much more concerned with sport and cheeseburgers than with religion, at least judging by his Twitter feed";[58] however, according to The Boston Globe, on the day of the 2012 Boston Marathon, a year before the bombings, a post on Dzhokhar's Twitter feed mentioned a Quran verse often used by radical Muslim clerics and propagandists.[59] In 2012, Arlington Police ran a warrant check on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and checked his green Honda when they were investigating a report of underage drinking at a party in Arlington Heights.[60] At the time of the bombing, Dzhokhar was a sophomore living in the UMass Dartmouth's Pine Dale Hall dorm.[59][61] He was struggling academically, having received seven failing grades over three semesters, including Fs in Principles of Modern Chemistry, Introduction to American Politics, and Chemistry and the Environment[41] and had an unpaid bill of $20,000 to the University.[62] He was known to be selling marijuana to make money.[21] 2013 Boston Marathon bombings Along with his brother Tamerlan, Dzhokhar was convicted of the Boston Marathon bombings of April 15, 2013.