The net closes in on the second suspect in Boston; his brother was killed.
The manhunt is nearing its end; last night, 26-year-old Tamerian Tsarnaev was killed inside the MIT campus in Cambridge; he was carrying bombs strapped to his body and faced a police siege; his brother, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsamaev, managed to escape; he also had a scholarship and a reputation as a brilliant student; now, he is trapped in a residence in the city of Watertown, which is under curfew; the FBI fears he may have hostages.
247 with international agencies - Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis confirmed on Friday (19) that one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing on Monday (15) was killed. The other was identified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, from southern Russia, in a region close to Chechnya. Both are brothers and received scholarships from Cambridge.
According to Davis, the dead boy is the same one whose photo was presented by the FBI on Thursday (18), wearing a black cap and sunglasses on the day of the marathon.
The second suspect is surrounded by a large police operation in the vicinity of a shopping center in the Watertown area, west of Boston. Up to 20 blocks have been cordoned off for the police operation, which includes officers armed with rifles, bomb squad specialists, armored vehicles, and helicopters - according to information published by G1.
Local television stations are broadcasting live coverage of the operation involving hundreds of agents.
The FBI asked for public help.
Investigators on Thursday asked for the public's help in locating two suspects photographed on a crowded sidewalk just before two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday.
"Today we are asking for the public's help in identifying the two suspects," said Richard DesLauriers, FBI Special Agent in Boston, in a press conference.
The two suspects were carrying backpacks that allegedly contained the bombs that killed three people and injured 176.
The man identified as suspect number 1 was wearing a dark baseball cap; number 2 had a white baseball cap turned backwards and was seen placing his backpack on the ground, according to DesLauriers.
"Someone out there knows these individuals as friends, neighbors, coworkers, or relatives of the suspects. While it may be difficult, the nation is counting on those who have information to come forward and provide it to us."
President Barack Obama attended an interfaith ceremony honoring the victims at a cathedral less than two kilometers from the site of the explosions. He pledged to help Boston recover from the trauma and that those responsible would be brought to justice.
The attack marked the beginning of a week of upheavals in the US. On Wednesday, a man from Mississippi was arrested on suspicion of sending poisoned letters to Obama and other officials. That same evening, a fertilizer plant exploded in rural Texas, devastating the small town around it.
At least ten people suffered amputations as a result of the bombing at the famous Boston Marathon. Investigators believe the bombs were homemade – made with pressure cookers, gunpowder, and metal fragments.
"As you begin this long journey of recovery, your city is with you, your community is with you, your country is with you," Obama said, addressing the amputees. "We will be with you as you learn to stand, walk, and yes, run again. Of that I have no doubt. You will run again."