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Huge manhunt for Boston bomb suspect Boston bombs suspect 'in custody'
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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. The teenage suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has been taken into custody in a suburb of the city, police have said.
Law enforcement reportedly swamped Watertown, near Boston, as the search intensified for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19. Gunfire was heard as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was found hiding in a boat in a backyard in Watertown.
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. A crowd gathered near the scene cheered as the suspect was arrested on Friday night.
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. Boston Police Department tweeted: "CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody."
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. Explosions heard
A law enforcement official told the Associated Press news agency that the suspect was covered in blood.
Police helicopters buzzed overhead, and bomb squad vans and ambulances were in position around the house in Franklin Street in Watertown.
At one stage a series of about 15 explosions erupted, which local television channels speculated could have been flash-bang grenades used by the authorities.
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.
"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 breakthrough came less than an hour after authorities lifted a city-wide order for residents to stay indoors, and reopened the transport 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. Thousands of Swat team officers scoured the streets all day in a manhunt that virtually shut down the city.
The brothers also shot and killed a university policeman and severely wounded another officer late on Thursday, authorities said. Officials had shut down all mass transit and warned close to one million people in Boston and some of its suburbs not to leave their homes.
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. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a 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.
Thousands of Swat team officers scoured the streets all day on Friday in a manhunt that virtually shut down the city. The brothers also shot and killed a university policeman and severely wounded another officer late on Thursday, authorities said, hours after the FBI released images of marathon-bombing suspects.
Law enforcement officials and family members have identified the Tsarnaev brothers as ethnic Chechens who had been living in America for about a decade.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. The FBI interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011 after a request from a foreign government, US law enforcements officials have confirmed. But agents closed the case after finding no reason for concern.
Monday's attack killed Martin Richard, aged eight, Krystle Campbell, 29, and Lu Lingzi, 23, a postgraduate student from China.
Earlier on Friday, the father of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said his son was a second-year medical student in the US and was hoping to be a brain surgeon.
But Anzor Tsarnaev told the BBC he believed the secret services had framed his sons.
"It was a terrorist attack carefully organised by secret services - I don't know which ones. My son used to go to a mosque, so they once paid us a visit to ask why he is doing that.
"Yes, there was such an episode. So they put all the blame on him and shot him. That's it."
But Ruslan Tsarni, an uncle of the suspects who lives in Maryland, said he was "ashamed" of their alleged involvement in the bombings.
He urged Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to "turn himself in".
Asked what the bombers' motives may have been, he replied: "Being losers, hating everyone around them."