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| Boston Marathon bomb accused Dzhokhar Tsarnaev due in court | Boston Marathon bomb accused Dzhokhar Tsarnaev due in court |
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| Victims of the Boston Marathon bombing will come face-to-face with the young man accused of the attack as he makes his first court appearance later. | Victims of the Boston Marathon bombing will come face-to-face with the young man accused of the attack as he makes his first court appearance later. |
| The federal court in Boston is expected to be packed for the arraignment of 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. | The federal court in Boston is expected to be packed for the arraignment of 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. |
| It will be the first time he has been seen in public since his arrest. | It will be the first time he has been seen in public since his arrest. |
| He has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction in the 15 April blasts that killed three people, including an eight-year-old boy. | He has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction in the 15 April blasts that killed three people, including an eight-year-old boy. |
| The accused could face the death penalty if convicted over what was the worst mass-casualty attack on US soil since 11 September 2001. | The accused could face the death penalty if convicted over what was the worst mass-casualty attack on US soil since 11 September 2001. |
| Space is being reserved in the main courtroom on Wednesday for families of the victims, said a spokeswoman for the US attorney's office. | |
| The accused will be able to make a plea at the hearing, which some 260 people wounded in the explosions have also reportedly been invited to attend. | The accused will be able to make a plea at the hearing, which some 260 people wounded in the explosions have also reportedly been invited to attend. |
| Mr Tsarnaev was not in court last month during an indictment hearing, when a federal grand jury agreed that he should be tried on 30 charges. | Mr Tsarnaev was not in court last month during an indictment hearing, when a federal grand jury agreed that he should be tried on 30 charges. |
| His first court appearance took place at his hospital bedside, where he was recovering from injuries received in a shoot-out with police during the manhunt for the bombers. He was later transferred to a prison hospital near Boston. | His first court appearance took place at his hospital bedside, where he was recovering from injuries received in a shoot-out with police during the manhunt for the bombers. He was later transferred to a prison hospital near Boston. |
| The defendant's brother and alleged co-conspirator, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed in that gun battle. | The defendant's brother and alleged co-conspirator, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed in that gun battle. |
| Authorities say the accused ran over his older brother as he fled the shoot-out in a hijacked car. | Authorities say the accused ran over his older brother as he fled the shoot-out in a hijacked car. |
| Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found the next day, 19 April, hiding in a boat in a residential garden in Watertown, Massachusetts. | Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found the next day, 19 April, hiding in a boat in a residential garden in Watertown, Massachusetts. |
| According to the indictment, he wrote about his motivations for the bombing on the inside walls and beams of the boat. | According to the indictment, he wrote about his motivations for the bombing on the inside walls and beams of the boat. |
| Authorities say he scrawled: "The US Government is killing our innocent civilians" and "I can't stand to see such evil go unpunished." | Authorities say he scrawled: "The US Government is killing our innocent civilians" and "I can't stand to see such evil go unpunished." |
| Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is also charged with the death of a policeman he and his brother allegedly shot dead as they fled the authorities, and for a carjacking days after the attacks. | Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is also charged with the death of a policeman he and his brother allegedly shot dead as they fled the authorities, and for a carjacking days after the attacks. |
| The indictment said that he had downloaded internet material from Islamist radicals sometime before the blasts. | The indictment said that he had downloaded internet material from Islamist radicals sometime before the blasts. |
| According to the charge sheet, the brothers made bombs from pressure cookers, low-explosive powder, ball bearings, nails, adhesive, electronic components and other material. | According to the charge sheet, the brothers made bombs from pressure cookers, low-explosive powder, ball bearings, nails, adhesive, electronic components and other material. |
| Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is accused of aiding and abetting his brother by planting and detonating one of the two bombs near the finish line. | Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is accused of aiding and abetting his brother by planting and detonating one of the two bombs near the finish line. |
| The devices killed three people - eight-year-old Martin Richard, Krystle Marie Campbell, 29, and 23-year-old Lingzi Lu. | The devices killed three people - eight-year-old Martin Richard, Krystle Marie Campbell, 29, and 23-year-old Lingzi Lu. |
| A number of survivors had legs amputated. |