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What's known so far:
Personal information:
Tamerlan Tsarnaev:
The uncle of the two brothers, Ruslan Tsarni, spoke with reporters just before noon on Friday, condemning his nephews, clarifying some of the facts about their upbringing, and expressing his grief for the victims and family members impacted by this week's violence:
"Yes, we are ashamed," he said, speaking on behalf of himself and the extended family.
Asked why the brothers might have done it, the uncle was blunt. "What I think was behind it?" he said. "Being losers."
"Anything else to do with religion, with Islam," he said, "... is a fraud, is a fake."
Asked about Chechnya, Tsarni responded: "This has nothing to do with Chechnya." And added that neither of the men were born in the region and, to his knowledge, had never been there.
Tsarni said that if still alive, his nephew Dzokhar, should 'turn himself in' and 'ask for forgiveness' from those killed and injured in Monday's bombings.
Robin Young, whose nephew graduated high school with Dzohkar, tweeted this message on Friday:
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What's known so far:
Personal information:
Tamerlan Tsarnaev:
The uncle of the two brothers, Ruslan Tsarni, spoke with reporters just before noon on Friday, condemning his nephews, clarifying some of the facts about their upbringing, and expressing his grief for the victims and family members impacted by this week's violence:
"Yes, we are ashamed," he said, speaking on behalf of himself and the extended family.
Asked why the brothers might have done it, the uncle was blunt. "What I think was behind it?" he said. "Being losers."
"Anything else to do with religion, with Islam," he said, "... is a fraud, is a fake."
Asked about Chechnya, Tsarni responded: "This has nothing to do with Chechnya." And added that neither of the men were born in the region and, to his knowledge, had never been there.
Tsarni said that if still alive, his nephew Dzokhar, should 'turn himself in' and 'ask for forgiveness' from those killed and injured in Monday's bombings.
Robin Young, whose nephew graduated high school with Dzohkar, tweeted this message on Friday:
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What's known so far:
Personal information:
Tamerlan Tsarnaev:
The uncle of the two brothers, Ruslan Tsarni, spoke with reporters just before noon on Friday, condemning his nephews, clarifying some of the facts about their upbringing, and expressing his grief for the victims and family members impacted by this week's violence:
"Yes, we are ashamed," he said, speaking on behalf of himself and the extended family.
Asked why the brothers might have done it, the uncle was blunt. "What I think was behind it?" he said. "Being losers."
"Anything else to do with religion, with Islam," he said, "... is a fraud, is a fake."
Asked about Chechnya, Tsarni responded: "This has nothing to do with Chechnya." And added that neither of the men were born in the region and, to his knowledge, had never been there.
Tsarni said that if still alive, his nephew Dzokhar, should 'turn himself in' and 'ask for forgiveness' from those killed and injured in Monday's bombings.
Robin Young, whose nephew graduated high school with Dzohkar, tweeted this message on Friday:
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In an attempt to scissor out the speculative nature of much mainstream reporting, the following is a list of established facts regarding the two named suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings earlier this week.