Boston Marathon bombings: Three more suspects arrested

 
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Reuters
1 May 2013

Three more suspects have been arrested in the Boston marathon bombings.

Police have said that three people are in custody and more details will follow. They referred all other questions to the FBI.

Three people were killed and more than 260 injured on April 15 when two bombs exploded near the finish line.

Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev died after a gunfight with police several days later. His brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was captured and lies in a hospital prison.

Both are Russian natives who lived for several years in the US.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev's relatives have said they will claim his body now that his wife has agreed to release it. Amato DeLuca, lawyer for his widow, Katherine Russell, said that his client had just learned that the medical examiner was ready to release Tsarnaev's body and that she wants it released to his side of the family.

Police said Tsarnaev ran out of ammunition before his 19-year-old brother dragged his body under a vehicle while fleeing the scene. His cause of death has been determined but will not be made public until his remains are claimed.

"Of course, family members will take possession of the body," his uncle Ruslan Tsarni said. "We'll do it. We will do it. A family is a family."

Tsarnaev's parents are still in Russia, but he has other relatives on his side of the family in the US .

Tsarnaev's father, Anzor, announced plans last week to travel to the US in the hope of burying his elder son, but he now says he has changed his mind because he is suffering from headaches and high blood pressure.

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