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| Boston bomb accused Dzhokhar Tsarnaev denies charges | Boston bomb accused Dzhokhar Tsarnaev denies charges |
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| Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to all charges in his first court appearance, as blast victims looked on. | Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to all charges in his first court appearance, as blast victims looked on. |
| Mr Tsarnaev, 19, faces 30 counts of using a weapon of mass destruction in the two 15 April blasts that killed three, including an eight-year-old boy. | Mr Tsarnaev, 19, faces 30 counts of using a weapon of mass destruction in the two 15 April blasts that killed three, including an eight-year-old boy. |
| He appeared in shackles and an orange prison suit, and replied "not guilty" as the charges were read to the court. | He appeared in shackles and an orange prison suit, and replied "not guilty" as the charges were read to the court. |
| Prosecutors could press for the death penalty for 17 counts. | Prosecutors could press for the death penalty for 17 counts. |
| The suspect has also been charged over the death of a fourth person, a university police officer, who was allegedly shot dead by Mr Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan in the days after the attack. | The suspect has also been charged over the death of a fourth person, a university police officer, who was allegedly shot dead by Mr Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan in the days after the attack. |
| He is also charged in a carjacking incident and with downloading internet material from Islamist radicals some time before the blasts. | He is also charged in a carjacking incident and with downloading internet material from Islamist radicals some time before the blasts. |
| Relatives in court | Relatives in court |
| People appeared outside the federal courthouse in Boston as early on Wednesday to claim a seat inside the court and two overflow rooms for a hearing that lasted just seven minutes. | |
| Mr Tsarnaev arrived at court with his face swollen and his arm in a cast. | Mr Tsarnaev arrived at court with his face swollen and his arm in a cast. |
| Two of the suspect's sisters watched the proceedings. One sobbed during the hearing while the other held a baby. | Two of the suspect's sisters watched the proceedings. One sobbed during the hearing while the other held a baby. |
| Before he was led out of the courtroom, the suspect seemed to smile and to gesture a kiss to his family members in the room. | Before he was led out of the courtroom, the suspect seemed to smile and to gesture a kiss to his family members in the room. |
| Among the crowd was a young friend of Mr Tsarnaev, Hank Alvarez, 19. He said: "Just knowing him, it's hard for me to face the fact that he did it." | Among the crowd was a young friend of Mr Tsarnaev, Hank Alvarez, 19. He said: "Just knowing him, it's hard for me to face the fact that he did it." |
| Mr Tsarnaev, a US citizen, 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, a US citizen, 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 suffered in a shootout with police during the manhunt. 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 suffered in a shootout with police during the manhunt. He was later transferred to a prison hospital near Boston. |
| Mr Tsarnaev's older brother Tamerlan, 26, was killed days after the attack during the massive police operation. He is also suspected of carrying out the attacks. | |
| Authorities say the accused ran over his older brother as he fled the shootout in a hijacked car. | Authorities say the accused ran over his older brother as he fled the shootout 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." |
| The brothers belong to a family of ethnic Chechen Muslims from Russia and had been living in the US for about a decade. | |
| More than 260 people were injured when two pressure cooker bombs packed with nails, ball bearings and other shrapnel were detonated at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. | More than 260 people were injured when two pressure cooker bombs packed with nails, ball bearings and other shrapnel were detonated at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. |
| It was the worst mass-casualty attack on US soil since 11 September 2001. |