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Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev indicted Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev indicted
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Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been indicted on charges of killing four people and using a weapon of mass destruction. Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been formally charged with killing four people and using a weapon of mass destruction.
The 19-year-old faces 30 charges linked to the 15 April blasts, which killed three and injured more than 260 others. The 19-year-old faces 30 total charges in the 15 April blasts, which killed three and injured more than 260 others.
A fourth victim, a policeman, was shot dead by him and his brother during the hunt for them, say federal prosecutors. A fourth victim, a policeman, was shot dead by him and his brother during the hunt for them, federal prosecutors say.
Seventeen charges could bring life in prison or even the death penalty, US prosecutors said.Seventeen charges could bring life in prison or even the death penalty, US prosecutors said.
The accused's brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, was killed in a shoot-out with police days after the twin blasts. In Boston, US Attorney Carmen Ortiz described the Tsarnaev brothers' preparation for the attack.
They went to a firing range to take target practice, bought electronic material online that could be used to make bombs, and downloaded a publication that could provide instructions on building explosives, Ms Ortiz told reporters.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev also faces charges for a carjacking days after the attacks and for interfering with commerce, prosecutors said.
The accused's brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed in a shoot-out with police days after the twin blasts.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was injured in the manhunt and has been held in a prison hospital near Boston since his capture on 19 April.Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was injured in the manhunt and has been held in a prison hospital near Boston since his capture on 19 April.
The explosives used in the attack at the race finish line were described as pressure-cooker bombs, packed with shrapnel. He was found hiding in a boat parked in a residential garden in Watertown, Massachusetts, where according to the indictment, he wrote a message reading: "The US Government is killing our innocent civilians" and "I can't stand to see such evil go unpunished."
According to the indictment, the brothers made bombs from pressure cookers, low-explosive powder, ball bearings, nails, adhesive, electronic components and other material.
It adds that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev aided and abetted his brother by planting and detonating one of the bombs.
The brothers are from a family of ethnic Chechen Muslims from Russia and had been living in the US for about a decade.The brothers are from a family of ethnic Chechen Muslims from Russia and had been living in the US for about a decade.