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The teenage suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has been taken into custody in a suburb of the city, police have said. | The teenage suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has been taken into custody in a suburb of the city, police have said. |
Gunfire was heard after Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was found hiding in a boat in a backyard in Watertown. | |
He had escaped on foot early on Friday, apparently wounded, after a police shootout that claimed the life of his elder brother, an alleged accomplice. | |
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. |
At a Friday night press conference, US President Barack Obama promised to seek answers on what had motivated the bombers and whether they had help. | |
He spoke just after state police told journalists that the suspect was being treated at a Massachusetts hospital, bleeding and seriously injured. | |
'Captured!' | |
The 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. | |
Authorities captured the suspect following a tip from a resident of Franklin Street, Watertown, who emerged from his home after the lockdown was lifted and noticed blood near the boat. | |
Upon opening the top of the boat and finding a man covered in blood, the resident called police. | |
Bomb-squad vans and ambulances surrounded the house, while helicopters buzzed overhead. | |
Police said they exchanged gunfire with the suspect for about an hour before moving in and seizing him. | |
The authorities said they also tossed flash-bang grenades into the boat to disorient the fugitive. | |
A crowd gathered near the scene cheered as the suspect was taken into custody. | |
Boston Police Department tweeted: "CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody." | Boston Police Department tweeted: "CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody." |
Thousands of Swat team officers had earlier scoured the streets all day in a manhunt that virtually shut down the city. | |
Massachusetts 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. | Massachusetts 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. |
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, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, hurled explosives at police, authorities said. | |
The pair also shot and killed a university policeman and severely wounded another officer late on Thursday, authorities said, hours after the FBI released images of the marathon-bombing suspects. | The pair also shot and killed a university policeman and severely wounded another officer late on Thursday, authorities said, hours after the FBI released images of the marathon-bombing suspects. |
Russian warning? | |
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. |
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 cause for concern. | |
In an interview on Russian television, the mother of the two suspects said the FBI was in contact with her son for several years. | |
It is not known which country made the request, but the BBC's Paul Adams in Washington says it is likely to have come from the Russians. | |
Our correspondent says now that the manhunt in Boston is over, the extent of the FBI's prior knowledge of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's activities is likely to be examined. | |
Monday's attack killed Martin Richard, aged eight, Krystle Campbell, 29, and Lu Lingzi, 23, a postgraduate student from China. | 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. | 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. |
Anzor Tsarnaev told the BBC he believed the secret services had framed his sons. | 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. | "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." | "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" his nephews' alleged role in the bombings. | But Ruslan Tsarni, an uncle of the suspects who lives in Maryland, said he was "ashamed" his nephews' alleged role in the bombings. |
Asked what the bombers' motives may have been, he replied: "Being losers, hating everyone around them." | Asked what the bombers' motives may have been, he replied: "Being losers, hating everyone around them." |
Also on Friday, investigators removed a computer and other evidence from the New Jersey home of the Tsarnaev brothers' sister, police said. | |
Ailina Tsarnaeva, who lives in the town of West New York, is said to have told FBI agents she had had no contact with her brothers for some time. |