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So...

1. The darker skinned suspect "1" is dead?

2. The guy with a white hat (suspect '2') is not in custody and on run?

3. There are bombs throughout Watertown?

4. A 60-70 year old guy with a bomb on him?

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Some information on the two brothers Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26 (the dead one) and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19 (the one on the run) who were involved in the shootout last night in Watertown and who are suspects in the killing of a police officer at MIT and in the Boston Marathon Bombing.

Boston (CNN) -- The suspects involved in the Boston Marathon bombing were brothers from the Russian Caucasus who moved to Kazakhstan before coming to the United States several years ago, a source briefed on the investigation told CNN.

One of the brothers, identified by several sources as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, studied engineering at Bunker Hill Community College but had taken off a year to train as a boxer, the source said Friday.

The source said a posting on a social media website under his name included the comment: "I don't have a single American friend. I don't understand them."

He died at a hospital overnight after a gun battle with police, authorities said. A source briefed on the investigation says Tsarnaev was wearing explosives and an explosive trigger when his body was recovered.

Several sources identified the other brother, who remained on the lam, as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19.

The source briefed on the investigation added that it should not be assumed that the brothers were radicalized because of their origins in the Russian Caucasus.

The spokesman for Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said the brothers had not been connected with the Chechen Republic for many years, Russia's semi-official Interfax news agency reported Friday.

"According to preliminary information, coming from the relevant agencies, the Tsarnaev family moved many years ago out of Chechnya to another Russian region," press secretary Alvi Kamirov told Interfax. "After that they lived for some time in Kazakhstan, and from there went to the U.S. where the family members received a residence permit. Therefore the individuals concerned did not live as adults in Chechnya."

An official in the central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan told CNN that the brothers were Kyrgyz passport holders, and used those passports when applying for green cards in the United States.

Many refugees from the Caucasus conflict received passports or refugee status in surrounding countries.

Two sources told CNN Dzhokhar Tsarnaev came to the U.S. as a tourist with his family in the early 2000s and later asked for asylum. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2012. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was not a naturalized citizen. He came "a few years later" and was lawfully in the United States as a green-card holder.

A leader of the ethnic Chechen community in Kyrgyzstan told CNN that the Tsarnaev family left the republic more than a decade ago.

"There haven't been any Tsarnaev's living here in 10 or 15 years," said Adnan Djubrailov, in a phone call from Kyrgyzstan.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had worked as a lifeguard at a pool at Harvard University, said George McMasters, who hired him about two and a half years ago and said he was impressed with his work ethic. "He showed up on time, he watched the water, he rotated from position to position fine, got along well with others."

McMasters, who is the aquatic coordinator, said Tsarnaev gave no clue to a violent side. "He seemed like a very quiet, unassuming young man," he said. "It is very surprising and shocking to see the destruction that he has brought to the city."

Last year, McMasters was deployed to Afghanistan with the Army National Guard and, when he returned to the job in August, Tsarnaev was no longer on the staff or the schedule, he said.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev attended Cambridge Rindge & Latin, a public high school, said friend Eric Mercado, who graduated a year behind the suspect.

"We hung out; we partied; we were good high school friends," Mercado told CNN.

"We're all, like, in shock. We don't really understand. There were no telltale signs of any kind of malicious behavior from Dzhokhar. It's all coming as a shock, really."

Mercado said he lived a block away from the suspect and had not known his older brother.

"To think that he's capable of something like this is beyond belief," Mercado said. The younger brother was registered at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, which ordered its campus evacuated on Friday. The school is located 65 miles south of Cambridge, just west of New Bedford.

Larry Aaronson, a former teacher at Cambridge Rindge & Latin who lives near Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's residence in Cambridge, said he had taken pictures of the younger brother wrestling. "There is nothing in his character, in his deportment, in his demeanor that would suggest anything remotely capable of any of these things that he is now suspected of doing," Aaronson told CNN.

"He was so grateful to be here, he was so grateful to be at the school," he said. "He was compassionate, he was caring, he was jovial."

He described the suspect, whom he last ran into in the neighborhood a few weeks ago, as "a lovely, lovely kid."

The other brother, Tamerlan Tsamaev, was listed as a participant in the 201-pound class in a Salt Lake City 2009 Golden Gloves event.

Ruslan Tsarni, a Maryland man who said he was an uncle of the suspects, had no sympathy for them and no regret that his elder nephew was killed. "Good," he told CNN affiliate WBZ. "He got what he deserved."

Tsarni said Tamerlan Tsarnaev came to the United States as a child in 2000 or 2001, and that he last saw him in 2005 or 2006. "He's really been a quiet, nice boy," he said.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/19/us/massachusetts-bombers-profiles/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

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CBC profile of the brothers:

Boston police are engaged in a city-wide manhunt searching for a suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, believed to be responsible for Monday's Boston Marathon bombings. A second suspect, believed to be Tsarnaev's brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, was killed following a shootout with police after a carjacking and robbery.

As police identified both suspects Friday, a conflicting portrait emerged of two young men who, by most accounts, appeared to fit right into their American lives, but may have felt socially isolated in a culture they didn't understand.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, Mass., and his brother, Tamerlan, are believed to be originally from a Russian region near Chechnya, which has been plagued by an Islamic insurgency stemming from separatist wars.

Conflicting accounts trace their journey as refugees from conflict zones to America. An uncle of the pair told CNN he believes the men have been in America for about seven or eight years.

Religious, socially isolated

During his time in the States, Tamerlan — killed during a police shootout early Friday — aspired to be an Olympic boxer, according to a photo gallery page depicting his athletic journey by photographer Johannes Hirn.

He even took a semester off from engineering studies at Bunker Hill Community College to pursue his dream.

Ideally, he would box for Chechnya, if the nation he seemed to consider his home ever gained its independance, according to the gallery. Until then, boxing for America would have to do. According to photo captions, Tamerlan said he would prefer to wear U.S. colours over Russian ones at any future Olympics.

Other photo captions reveal a portrait of an isolated young man who says he is a very religious Muslim and follows God's word by no longer smoking or drinking.

Some photos show a woman believed to be his girlfriend. She is a half-Portuguese and half-Italian woman who has converted to Islam. Some reports claim police arrested Tamerlan in 2009 for battery after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend. Other reports claim he has a two-year-old child.

"I don't have a single American friend," he is quoted as saying. "I don't understand them."

At this point, Tamerlan had apparently been living in the States for at least five years.

'Didn't isolate himself,' says former classmate

The younger brother, Dzhokhar, attended an elementary school in Makhackala, the capital city of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. After moving to the U.S., he attended Boston's Cambridge Ringe & Latin School for high school, graduating in 2011.

Now, his classmates are shocked and horrified to learn of Dzhokhar's alleged involvement in Monday's deadly bombings, according to BuzzFeed. Most say he wasn't a loner.

"He was a familiar part of the community, he didn't isolate himself," said former classmate Rebecca Mazur.

Dzhokhar is listed on the school's site as a 2011 all-star for wrestling. Part-time, he worked shifts at Harvard's Blodgett pool.

Radio host Robin Young posted a photo on Twitter of Dzhokhar attending the high school graduation with her nephew, calling them happy grads and referring to the developing situation as "heartbreaking."

She tweeted that her nephew and Dzhokar were best friends, and her nephew never saw this coming.

Dzhokar attended a pre-prom party held by the nephew's family, and Young called Dzhokar a "beautiful boy in tux at prom party and elsewhere."

In 2011, Dzhokhar was one of 45 students to win a $2,500 US scholarship for seniors at the high school and others who were going on to pursue higher education.

Radical interests revealed

CBC News discovered a social networking site page believed to belong to the younger brother Dzhokhar, who is still being pursued by police. On the VKontakte page, Dzhokhar lists Chechnya as one of his interests, as well as everything connected to the Chechen Republic.

The page shows several videos that he has watched that are about Islam, such as One of the chameleon signs of Allah.

The page suggests he accessed two deleted videos, both entitled terrorists. He also liked a video with the title: Russian guys who converted to Islam.

A YouTube account believed to belong to his older brother, Tamerlan, shows similar videos.

VKontakte says the page was last visited today at 5 a.m. Dzhokhar allegedly joined the social networking site in August 2012.

Father believes sons were framed

Anzor Tsarnaev , the father of the suspects, says that his son who is still on the loose is a smart and accomplished young man.

He told ABC News he wants his son to give up peacefully. But, Anzor warned that if the U.S. kills Dzhokhar, "all hell will break loose."

He said his sons called him earlier this week and reassured him they were okay.

Anzor also spoke with The Associated Press by telephone from Makhachkala on Friday after police released news of his sons.

"My son is a true angel," the elder Tsarnaev said. "Dzhokhar is a second-year medical student in the U.S. He is such an intelligent boy. We expected him to come on holidays here."

An Interfax correspondent has also spoken to a man claiming to be Anzor, who said he learned about the incident from TV reports.

"My opinion is: the special services have framed my children, because they are practicing Muslims. Why did they kill Tamerlan? He was supposed to be caught alive," the man said.

"[Dzhokhar] was a sophomore at a medical school in the U.S. We expected him to come home for vacation. Now I don't know what's going to happen. Tell you once again: I believe special services have framed my children."

CNN broadcast a press conference with the boys' uncle, Ruslan Tsami, who said he had not spoken to the pair in years due to family fighting. However, yesterday, one of the men called him and reconciled.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/04/19/boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-profile.html

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CBC profile of the brothers:

Boston police are engaged in a city-wide manhunt searching for a suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, believed to be responsible for Monday's Boston Marathon bombings. A second suspect, believed to be Tsarnaev's brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, was killed following a shootout with police after a carjacking and robbery.

As police identified both suspects Friday, a conflicting portrait emerged of two young men who, by most accounts, appeared to fit right into their American lives, but may have felt socially isolated in a culture they didn't understand.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, Mass., and his brother, Tamerlan, are believed to be originally from a Russian region near Chechnya, which has been plagued by an Islamic insurgency stemming from separatist wars.

Conflicting accounts trace their journey as refugees from conflict zones to America. An uncle of the pair told CNN he believes the men have been in America for about seven or eight years.

Religious, socially isolated

During his time in the States, Tamerlan — killed during a police shootout early Friday — aspired to be an Olympic boxer, according to a photo gallery page depicting his athletic journey by photographer Johannes Hirn.

He even took a semester off from engineering studies at Bunker Hill Community College to pursue his dream.

Ideally, he would box for Chechnya, if the nation he seemed to consider his home ever gained its independance, according to the gallery. Until then, boxing for America would have to do. According to photo captions, Tamerlan said he would prefer to wear U.S. colours over Russian ones at any future Olympics.

Other photo captions reveal a portrait of an isolated young man who says he is a very religious Muslim and follows God's word by no longer smoking or drinking.

Some photos show a woman believed to be his girlfriend. She is a half-Portuguese and half-Italian woman who has converted to Islam. Some reports claim police arrested Tamerlan in 2009 for battery after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend. Other reports claim he has a two-year-old child.

"I don't have a single American friend," he is quoted as saying. "I don't understand them."

At this point, Tamerlan had apparently been living in the States for at least five years.

'Didn't isolate himself,' says former classmate

The younger brother, Dzhokhar, attended an elementary school in Makhackala, the capital city of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. After moving to the U.S., he attended Boston's Cambridge Ringe & Latin School for high school, graduating in 2011.

Now, his classmates are shocked and horrified to learn of Dzhokhar's alleged involvement in Monday's deadly bombings, according to BuzzFeed. Most say he wasn't a loner.

"He was a familiar part of the community, he didn't isolate himself," said former classmate Rebecca Mazur.

Dzhokhar is listed on the school's site as a 2011 all-star for wrestling. Part-time, he worked shifts at Harvard's Blodgett pool.

Radio host Robin Young posted a photo on Twitter of Dzhokhar attending the high school graduation with her nephew, calling them happy grads and referring to the developing situation as "heartbreaking."

She tweeted that her nephew and Dzhokar were best friends, and her nephew never saw this coming.

Dzhokar attended a pre-prom party held by the nephew's family, and Young called Dzhokar a "beautiful boy in tux at prom party and elsewhere."

In 2011, Dzhokhar was one of 45 students to win a $2,500 US scholarship for seniors at the high school and others who were going on to pursue higher education.

Radical interests revealed

CBC News discovered a social networking site page believed to belong to the younger brother Dzhokhar, who is still being pursued by police. On the VKontakte page, Dzhokhar lists Chechnya as one of his interests, as well as everything connected to the Chechen Republic.

The page shows several videos that he has watched that are about Islam, such as One of the chameleon signs of Allah.

The page suggests he accessed two deleted videos, both entitled terrorists. He also liked a video with the title: Russian guys who converted to Islam.

A YouTube account believed to belong to his older brother, Tamerlan, shows similar videos.

VKontakte says the page was last visited today at 5 a.m. Dzhokhar allegedly joined the social networking site in August 2012.

Father believes sons were framed

Anzor Tsarnaev , the father of the suspects, says that his son who is still on the loose is a smart and accomplished young man.

He told ABC News he wants his son to give up peacefully. But, Anzor warned that if the U.S. kills Dzhokhar, "all hell will break loose."

He said his sons called him earlier this week and reassured him they were okay.

Anzor also spoke with The Associated Press by telephone from Makhachkala on Friday after police released news of his sons.

"My son is a true angel," the elder Tsarnaev said. "Dzhokhar is a second-year medical student in the U.S. He is such an intelligent boy. We expected him to come on holidays here."

An Interfax correspondent has also spoken to a man claiming to be Anzor, who said he learned about the incident from TV reports.

"My opinion is: the special services have framed my children, because they are practicing Muslims. Why did they kill Tamerlan?
He was supposed to be caught alive
," the man said.

"[Dzhokhar] was a sophomore at a medical school in the U.S. We expected him to come home for vacation. Now I don't know what's going to happen.
Tell you once again: I believe special services have framed my children."

CNN broadcast a press conference with the boys' uncle, Ruslan Tsami, who said he had not spoken to the pair in years due to family fighting. However, yesterday, one of the men called him and reconciled.

http://www.cbc.ca/ne...ct-profile.html

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Since the suspects have been in the US for five+ years, it isn't exactly an international threat. They don't appear to be affiliated with any international terrorist organization. Seems very domestic. They just are not naturalized citizens.

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