Tamerlan Tsarnaev

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Read Ibragim Todashev’s Last Confession Before Being Killed by the FBI

Just before an FBI agent shot Ibragim Todashev dead, according to a report released Tuesday, Todashev had begun to write a confession—implicating himself and Boston […]

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The Independent Investigation of Ibragim Todashev’s Death Will Be Out Soon

Following months of delays, the Florida State Attorney has promised to release, by the end of March, the results of his independent investigation into the […]

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The Murders Before the Marathon

Waltham, September 11, 2011: Three men, throats slit, cash and drugs left on the bodies. Two years later, two dead suspects: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and a friend who the FBI says was about to confess. One haunting question: Could solving this case have prevented the Boston Marathon bombings?

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Ibragim Todashev’s Father Writes Open Letter to Obama, Releases Photos Surrounding Son’s Death [Warning: Graphic]

Abdul-Baki Todashev, the father of Ibragim Todashev, the Tamerlan Tsarnaev associate shot to death in his Orlando, Fla., apartment by a FBI agent in the […]

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What Ibragim Todashev’s FBI Interview Means for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Life

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s trial may take years to arrive—but events unfolding now may decide whether he lives or dies. That’s because the government has set an […]

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Court Documents Link Tamerlan Tsarnaev to the Waltham Triple Murder

Ibragim Todashev, shot and killed by the FBI in May, implicated Tamerlan Tsarnaev in a 2011 Waltham triple murder, according to newly-filed court documents. On […]

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FBI: The Tsarnaev Brothers Were Not Informants

Law enforcement officials want to make it “absolutely clear” that they were not conducting any sort of surveillance on the alleged Boston Marathon bombers after […]

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Girlfriend of Alleged Tamerlan Tsarnaev Accomplice Arrested in Florida

Tatiana Gruzdeva, the girlfriend of Ibragim Todashev—the man shot by the FBI just after allegedly implicating himself and marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in a […]

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New Details in the FBI Shooting Death of Tamerlan Tsarnaev Associate

Boston magazine has learned that Orlando police have arrested a man believed to be a friend of Ibragim Todashev—the Chechen man shot by the FBI […]

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Mayor’s Group Listed Tamerlan Tsarnaev as a Gun Victim Because It Copied Slate

Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the organization co-chaired by Mayors Tom Menino and Michael Bloomberg, held an event in Concord, New Hampshire, Tuesday, to read aloud […]

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Why the FBI Might Not Blame Itself for Killing Tsarnaev’s Suspected Accomplice

If recent history serves any indication, the FBI isn’t likely to find its agent at fault for shooting an acquaintance of Tamerlan Tsarnaev while questioning […]

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An FBI Agent Shot and Killed a Tamerlan Tsarnaev Associate

Update 12:29 p.m.: The Boston Globe reports that the FBI was questioning Todashev in connection with the triple murder of Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s friends in Waltham on […]

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The FBI Is Investigating a Former Chechen Rebel

Musa Khadzhimuratov of New Hampshire hosted Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his wife, with whom he had a “passing social acquaintance” at his home a few weeks […]

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Why Didn’t Federal Officials Tell Boston Police About Tamerlan Tsarnaev?

During a congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., to discuss how the Boston Marathon bombing situation was handled, and what could have been done to prevent […]

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Waltham-Based Robotics Company Lends ‘Arm’ During Bomb Searches

Before the brave men and women of local law enforcement moved in to clear the crime scene in Watertown, after a brazen shootout with marathon […]