From TheBlaze:
Three college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were taken into custody Wednesday, accused of removing a backpack containing fireworks from Tsarnaev’s dorm room and lying to investigators.
Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, both of Kazakhstan, are charged with conspiring to obstruct justice. A third man, Robel Phillipos, is charged with making false statements to federal investigators after Tsarnaev was identified as one of the suspects in the April 15 attack that killed three people and injured more than 260.
An FBI affidavit states Tazhayakov, Kadyrbayev and Phillipos all attended the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth together with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. According to the affidavit, the three admitted that they removed Tsarnaev’s backpack from his dorm room on the night of April 18, the day investigators released images of the bombing suspects.
“Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov have admitted that they agreed to get rid of it after concluding from news reports that Tsarnaev was one of the Boston Marathon bombers,” the affidavit states.
Read the full affidavits below:
The three suspects were in custody Wednesday pending a 3:30 p.m. federal court hearing in Boston.
According to the Associated Press, Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev have been held in county jail for more than a week on allegations they violated their student visas while attending the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. They appeared through video conference for an immigration hearing in Boston on Wednesday.
Reports have circulated that a BMW said to belong to Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev bore a novelty license plate that read, “Terrorista #1,” but those reports have not been verified by officials.
The Boston Police Department made the announcement about the new suspects Wednesday morning via Twitter.
“Three additional suspects taken into custody in Marathon bombing case. Details to follow,” the department tweeted. Police also said there was no threat to public safety.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is recovering in a prison hospital from injuries sustained while he was on the run from authorities. He is charged with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill and could receive the death penalty. His older brother, bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed following a gun battle with police.
This is a breaking news story. Updates will be added.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Romans 3:13-17, “Their throat is an open tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;
“The poison of asps is under their lips”;
14 “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;
17 And the way of peace they have not known.”
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Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, both of Kazakhstan, are charged with conspiring to obstruct justice. A third man, Robel Phillipos, is charged with making false statements to federal investigators after Tsarnaev was identified as one of the suspects in the April 15 attack that killed three people and injured more than 260.
An FBI affidavit states Tazhayakov, Kadyrbayev and Phillipos all attended the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth together with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. According to the affidavit, the three admitted that they removed Tsarnaev’s backpack from his dorm room on the night of April 18, the day investigators released images of the bombing suspects.
“Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov have admitted that they agreed to get rid of it after concluding from news reports that Tsarnaev was one of the Boston Marathon bombers,” the affidavit states.
Read the full affidavits below:
The three suspects were in custody Wednesday pending a 3:30 p.m. federal court hearing in Boston.
From Boston’s WCVB-TV: This undated photo shows, from left, Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, from Kazakhstan, and Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in New York City’s Times Square.
Image source: New York Daily News
“Three additional suspects taken into custody in Marathon bombing case. Details to follow,” the department tweeted. Police also said there was no threat to public safety.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is recovering in a prison hospital from injuries sustained while he was on the run from authorities. He is charged with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill and could receive the death penalty. His older brother, bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed following a gun battle with police.
This is a breaking news story. Updates will be added.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Romans 3:13-17, “Their throat is an open tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;
“The poison of asps is under their lips”;
14 “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;
17 And the way of peace they have not known.”
God's best 2 U, Joy J
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