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Officer Involved in Shooting of Man Linked to Tsarnaev Man Being Queried on Tsarnaev Ties Is Killed by Officer
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BOSTON — A man in Orlando, Fla., who was being interviewed early Wednesday morning by an agent from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement personnel about his ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was fatally shot after he violently attacked the agent, according to the F.B.I.BOSTON — A man in Orlando, Fla., who was being interviewed early Wednesday morning by an agent from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement personnel about his ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was fatally shot after he violently attacked the agent, according to the F.B.I.
The man, who was identified by a law enforcement official as Ibragim Todashev, injured the agent before he was killed, the F.B.I. said, adding that the injuries were not life threatening.The man, who was identified by a law enforcement official as Ibragim Todashev, injured the agent before he was killed, the F.B.I. said, adding that the injuries were not life threatening.
Officials at the F.B.I.'s headquarters in Washington dispatched a shooting-response unit to Florida on Wednesday to help investigators determine what had occurred, according to a law enforcement official.Officials at the F.B.I.'s headquarters in Washington dispatched a shooting-response unit to Florida on Wednesday to help investigators determine what had occurred, according to a law enforcement official.
In the wake of the Boston bombings, the F.B.I. has sought to speak with people who knew the bombing suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed during a manhunt after the bombing, and his brother, Dzhokhar, in an effort to learn how they were radicalized and to rule out the possibility that they had accomplices. Since the attacks on April 15, the F.B.I. and state and local law enforcement officials in Boston have sought to interview friends and others who knew the deceased marathon bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and his brother, Dzhokar.
As part of those efforts, the F.B.I. has questioned many members of the small community of ethnic Chechens in the United States. Investigators want to know how the brothers were radicalized, and they want to rule out the possibility that there were accomplices. They are also seeking to determine whether the two were behind a triple murder on Sept. 11, 2011, in Waltham, Mass. One of the victims was a friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
Repeatedly since April 29, agents have interviewed a Chechen refugee and former rebel fighter, Musa Khadzhimuratov, of Manchester, N.H. Tamerlan Tsarnaev used a firing range in Manchester to practice shooting and bought fireworks in New Hampshire to extract the explosive powder used in the marathon bombs. The F.B.I. has also focused on Chechens who may have ties to extremists in Russia. Before the attacks, the bureau had not thought that they were a significant threat in the United States.
Mr. Khadzhimuratov, 36, and his wife, Madina, 32, say they had only brief social visits with Tamerlan Tsarnaev, including one a few weeks before the bombing. They say they knew nothing about his purchase of fireworks or guns and had no hint that he was plotting the Boston attack. As part of those efforts, the F.B.I. has questioned many members of the small community of ethnic Chechens in the United States. Since April 29, agents have repeatedly interviewed a Chechen refugee and former rebel fighter, Musa Khadzhimuratov, of Manchester, N.H. Tamerlan Tsarnaev used a firing range in Manchester to practice shooting and bought fireworks in New Hampshire to extract the explosive powder used in the marathon bombs.
Mr. Khadzhimuratov, 36, and his wife, Madina, 32, say they had only brief social visits with Tamerlan Tsarnaev, including one a few weeks before the bombing. They said they did not know about his purchase of fireworks or guns and had no hint that he was plotting the Boston attack.
Some advocates for the Chechen community have expressed concern that Russian intelligence officers might be steering the F.B.I. to target Chechens in the United States who are hostile to Russia but have nothing to do with terrorism.Some advocates for the Chechen community have expressed concern that Russian intelligence officers might be steering the F.B.I. to target Chechens in the United States who are hostile to Russia but have nothing to do with terrorism.

Scott Shane contributed to this report.

Scott Shane contributed to this report.