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| Huge manhunt for Boston bomb suspect | Huge manhunt for Boston bomb suspect |
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| Gunfire has been heard as police hunting a teenage suspect in the Boston Marathon bomb attacks converged on an address in a suburb, US media say. | |
| Law enforcement reportedly swamped Watertown, near Boston, as the search intensified for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19. | Law enforcement reportedly swamped Watertown, near Boston, as the search intensified for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19. |
| He had escaped on foot early on Friday after a police shootout that claimed the life of his elder brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev. | He had escaped on foot early on Friday after a police shootout that claimed the life of his elder brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev. |
| Three people died and more than 170 were hurt in Monday's bombings. | Three people died and more than 170 were hurt in Monday's bombings. |
| Boston Mayor Tom Menino was quoted by a local CBS station as saying the suspect was surrounded by police. | Boston Mayor Tom Menino was quoted by a local CBS station as saying the suspect was surrounded by police. |
| US media quoted anonymous law enforcement officials as saying the suspect had been found hiding beneath the cover of a boat in a Watertown backyard. | US media quoted anonymous law enforcement officials as saying the suspect had been found hiding beneath the cover of a boat in a Watertown backyard. |
| A local resident, Anna Bedirian, told Reuters news agency: "There's about 50 guys there with machine guns and they all got bulletproof vests on, some of them are holding shields and they're all congregated on the far end of Franklin Street. | A local resident, Anna Bedirian, told Reuters news agency: "There's about 50 guys there with machine guns and they all got bulletproof vests on, some of them are holding shields and they're all congregated on the far end of Franklin Street. |
| "There are a couple of armoured cars and they're all standing around." | "There are a couple of armoured cars and they're all standing around." |
| Friday night's apparent breakthrough came less than an hour after authorities lifted a city-wide order for residents to stay indoors, and reopened the mass transit system, as the trail appeared to have gone cold. | Friday night's apparent breakthrough came less than an hour after authorities lifted a city-wide order for residents to stay indoors, and reopened the mass transit system, as the trail appeared to have gone cold. |
| The college student had fled on foot following a gun battle that left 200 spent rounds and a car chase in which he and his brother hurled explosives at police, authorities said. | The college student had fled on foot following a gun battle that left 200 spent rounds and a car chase in which he and his brother hurled explosives at police, authorities said. |
| The brothers also shot and killed a university policeman and severely wounded another officer late on Thursday, authorities said. | The brothers also shot and killed a university policeman and severely wounded another officer late on Thursday, authorities said. |
| The manhunt began hours after the FBI released images on Thursday of the two men they were hunting in relation to the twin blasts at the marathon. | The manhunt began hours after the FBI released images on Thursday of the two men they were hunting in relation to the twin blasts at the marathon. |
| Thousands of Swat team officers scoured the streets all day on Friday in a manhunt that virtually shut down the city. | |
| Law enforcement officials and family members have identified the Tsarnaev brothers as ethnic Chechens who had been living in America for about a decade. | |
| US law enforcements officials have also confirmed that the FBI interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011 after a request from a foreign government. But agents closed the case after finding no reason for concern. |