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Boston suspects 'targeted New York's Times Square' Boston suspects 'targeted New York's Times Square'
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said the Boston bombing suspects planned to detonate the rest of their explosives in Times Square.New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said the Boston bombing suspects planned to detonate the rest of their explosives in Times Square.
Mayor Bloomberg said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect, had told the FBI he and his brother "spontaneously" decided that New York would be next.Mayor Bloomberg said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect, had told the FBI he and his brother "spontaneously" decided that New York would be next.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters the suspects had a pressure cooker bomb and five pipe bombs.Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters the suspects had a pressure cooker bomb and five pipe bombs.
Three people died and over 260 were wounded in the 15 April Boston attack.Three people died and over 260 were wounded in the 15 April Boston attack.
"Last night we were informed by the FBI that the surviving attacker revealed that New York City was next on their list of targets," Mr Bloomberg said during Thursday's news conference at city hall."Last night we were informed by the FBI that the surviving attacker revealed that New York City was next on their list of targets," Mr Bloomberg said during Thursday's news conference at city hall.
"He and his older brother intended to drive to New York and detonate those explosives in Times Square.""He and his older brother intended to drive to New York and detonate those explosives in Times Square."
Mr Kelly said the brothers had planned to head to New York after hijacking a car and its driver in Boston last Thursday night.Mr Kelly said the brothers had planned to head to New York after hijacking a car and its driver in Boston last Thursday night.
But police intercepted the brothers in the stolen car, prompting a gun battle that left Tamerlan Tsarnaev dead. "That plan, however, fell apart when they realised that the vehicle they hijacked was low on gas and ordered the driver to stop at a nearby gas station," Mr Kelly said, adding that the driver escaped and alerted police.
Police intercepted the brothers in the stolen car, prompting a gun battle that left Tamerlan Tsarnaev dead.
Mr Bloomberg praised Massachusetts law enforcement for their work in stopping the suspects, saying "we know they had the capacity to carry out the attacks".
The younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is said to have travelled to New York at least once last autumn.The younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is said to have travelled to New York at least once last autumn.
He is now in policy custody in hospital and has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill people. He is now in police custody in hospital and has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill people.
After 16 hours of interrogation, Mr Tsarnaev stopped responding to investigators' questions after being read his legal rights to remain silent and have a lawyer. Following 16 hours of interrogation, Mr Tsarnaev stopped responding to investigators' questions after being read his legal rights to remain silent and have a lawyer, US media report.
Mr Bloomberg said there was no evidence New York was currently a target, but that the Tsarnaevs' alleged plan proved the city remained a prime location for people who want to "bomb and kill Americans".
The suspects' father, Anzor Tsarnaev, has said he will travel imminently to the US. The family wants to take the dead son's body back to Russia. But it is not clear if his former wife will join him.
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva left the US and failed to make a court appearance after being arrested last June on suspicion of stealing $1,624 (£1,050) of women's dresses from a Massachusetts department store.
At a news conference on Thursday in the Russian republic of Dagestan, where she now lives, she angrily denied her sons had anything to do with the bombings.