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Boston bombs: City returns to normal after manhunt Boston bombs: Officials wait to probe Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Boston is returning to normal after one the biggest manhunts in US police history ended with the arrest of a teenager suspected of carrying out Monday's marathon bombings. A top US interrogation group is waiting to question the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.
The entire city was under lockdown on Friday as police scoured the area for suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was arrested late on Friday when he was found seriously injured in a suburban backyard after a huge manhunt.
He was found hiding in a suburban backyard and detained after an exchange of fire in which he was wounded. He is under armed guard in hospital. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick said the suspect was stable, but not yet able to communicate.
His brother, Tamerlan, was earlier killed in a shoot-out with police. The teenager's brother, Tamerlan, died after a shoot-out with police.
Three people died and more than 170 were wounded in Monday's bombings and a police officer was shot dead during the search. Three people were killed and more than 170 others injured by Monday's twin bombing, close the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is being held under armed guard at the Beth Israel Memorial Hospital, where many victims of the bombing are also being treated. Police officer Sean Collier was shot dead during the police operation to find the brothers on Thursday night. A transport officer was later seriously injured in the shoot-out which left Tamerlan Tsarnaev fatally wounded.
Officials have said they intend to question him without reading him his Miranda rights - the standard statement informing suspects they have a right to a lawyer and to remain silent - citing a "public safety exception". President Barack Obama has vowed to seek answers on what motivated the alleged bombers and whether they had help.
The decision was criticised by the American Civil Liberties Union, which said such an exemption only applied in the case of immediate threats, and that there was no "open-ended" way in which a suspect could have such rights removed. 'A million questions'
"We must not waver from our tried-and-true justice system, even in the most difficult of times. Denial of rights is un-American and will only make it harder to obtain fair convictions," it said in a statement. The High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group is waiting at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev recovers.
But Republican Senators John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina have argued Tsarnaev should be treated as an "enemy combatant", meaning he would not be entitled to the same legal rights as a criminal defendant. Many victims of the bombing are also being treated in the hospital.
The whole of Boston had been placed under lockdown for much of Friday as police launched a huge manhunt for the brothers.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found by a member of the public shortly after the lockdown was lifted at 18:00 local time (22:00 GMT). He was injured and hiding in a boat in a backyard and reportedly further injured in a fire fight with police.
On Saturday, Mr Patrick told reporters: "I, and I think all of the law enforcement professionals, are hoping for a host of reasons that the suspect survives because we have a million questions, and those questions need to be answered."
In a move criticised by rights activists, officials have said they intend to question the teenager without reading him his Miranda rights - the standard statement informing suspects they have a right to a lawyer and to remain silent - citing a "public safety exception".
The American Civil Liberties Union said such an exemption only applied in the case of immediate threats, and that the suspension of rights could not be "open-ended".
"Denial of rights is un-American and will only make it harder to obtain fair convictions," it said in a statement.
But Republican Senators John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be treated as an "enemy combatant", meaning he would not be entitled to the same legal rights as a criminal defendant.
"We should be focused on gathering intelligence from this suspect right now that can help our nation understand how this attack occurred and what may follow in the future," their statement read."We should be focused on gathering intelligence from this suspect right now that can help our nation understand how this attack occurred and what may follow in the future," their statement read.
President Barack Obama has promised to seek answers on what motivated the alleged bombers and whether they had help. There were scenes of celebration on the streets of Boston on Friday night, with people cheering, honking car horns and waving American flags.
'Bittersweet'
The huge manhunt began after police officer Sean Collins, 26, was shot dead in the Cambridge area of Boston. Shortly afterwards a car was hijacked, then a gun battle began further west, in Watertown, injuring one police officer.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was fatally wounded - doctors said he died in custody of bullet wounds and possible blast injuries from explosives strapped to his body.
The younger brother fled by car.
Boston was under lockdown throughout Friday, as police scoured Watertown. At 18:00 local time (23:00 GMT) the order was lifted, then an hour later a huge gunfight broke out in Franklin Street, Watertown.
It later emerged that a resident had found a seriously injured Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding in a boat in his backyard.
Police say attempts to negotiate with him failed, and he was arrested after an exchange of fire.
There were scenes of celebration on the streets of Boston on Friday night. People cheered, honked car horns and waved American flags.
Elliot Friar, who lives close to where Monday's bombs exploded, said it was "a bittersweet moment" because of those who had lost their lives.Elliot Friar, who lives close to where Monday's bombs exploded, said it was "a bittersweet moment" because of those who had lost their lives.
"But it was also a time for celebration because the city has been on edge and we're finally feeling more safe than we have in the past four days," he told the BBC."But it was also a time for celebration because the city has been on edge and we're finally feeling more safe than we have in the past four days," he told the BBC.
The governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, thanked the public for their "extraordinary patience and their participation in this investigation". In a statement, the family of Martin Richard, the eight-year-old boy who was one of the three people killed by the bomb, said: "Tonight, our family applauds the entire law enforcement community for a job well done, and trust that our justice system will now do its job."
"It's a night where I think we are all going to rest easy," he wrote on Twitter.
The two bombs, which went off close to the finishing line of the Boston Marathon, killed three people: Martin Richard, aged eight, Krystle Campbell, 29, and Lu Lingzi, 23, a postgraduate student from China.
In a statement, the Richard family said: "Tonight, our family applauds the entire law enforcement community for a job well done, and trust that our justice system will now do its job."
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 had 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. The FBI had 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.
Several members of the Tsarnaev family have condemned and disowned the brothers, but their parents have said that they could not have planned such an attack as they were being monitored by the FBI.Several members of the Tsarnaev family have condemned and disowned the brothers, but their parents have said that they could not have planned such an attack as they were being monitored by the FBI.
Their mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, said she was "100% sure that this is set up, insisting in an interview with Russia Today that her sons had never had any involvement with terrorism.Their mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, said she was "100% sure that this is set up, insisting in an interview with Russia Today that her sons had never had any involvement with terrorism.