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Boston bombings: Three suspects taken into custody | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Police in the US city of Boston have taken three additional suspects into custody in connection with the Boston Marathon bomb attacks on 15 April. | |
No further details about those arrested have been released, but police did say there was no threat to public safety. | |
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a 19-year-old student, has been charged over the bombings, which killed three people and injured more than 260 others. | Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a 19-year-old student, has been charged over the bombings, which killed three people and injured more than 260 others. |
His 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan, was killed during a shoot-out with police. | |
A statement issued by the Boston Police Department on Wednesday said: "Three additional suspects have been taken into custody in connection to the attack on the Boston Marathon." | |
"Aside from the aforementioned, there is no additional info to release at this time." | |
Authorities had earlier suggested that the two brothers were believed to have worked alone. | Authorities had earlier suggested that the two brothers were believed to have worked alone. |
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was injured in the police manhunt, has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death. He could be sentenced to death if convicted of the first charge. | |
When questioned by police in hospital, Mr Tsarnaev said he and his brother had been angered about the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He remains in a hospital prison. | |
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died on 19 April, had reportedly been investigated by the FBI, but no evidence of a threat was found. | |
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama said law enforcement officials had followed protocol and were not at fault. | |
The Tsarnaev family has origins in the predominantly Muslim republic of Chechnya in southern Russia. The brothers had been living in the US for about a decade at the time of the attack. Dzhokhar was a US citizen, while Tamerlan was in the US on a Green Card. |