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On Thursday, June 27th, a U.S. grand jury has issued a 30-count indictment for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzohkhar Tsarnaev, as he stands accused of killing four people and injuring hundreds. Allegedly committing the bombing with his brother who was shot and killed by police during a getaway attempt after allegedly killing MIT police officer Sean Collier, Tsarnaev has been held in a prison hospital west of Boston since his capture on April 19th. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s indictment will start at 3pm ET today and will be available to watch online. You can live stream Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s indictment below. More information on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev indictment can be found below the live stream.
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The charges brought against the 19-year-old are for murder and the use of a weapon of mass destruction, 17 charges of which could land Tsarnaev in prison for life or put him to death.
According to USA Today, “Federal authorities were expected to make a formal announcement of the charges at 3 p.m. Thursday in Boston.”
On April 15, Tsarnaev and his older brother Tamerlan supposedly time-detonated two bombs at the finish line of the Boston Maraton on Bolyston Street, killing three and injuring at least 264. After days of searching, authorities had no leads until the brothers reportedly shot Collier as he was sitting in his cruiser near the MIT campus. That night they set out with five improvised explosive devices, a semiautomatic handgun, ammunition, a hunting knife and a machete. A firefight ensued, killing Tamerlan and sending Dzohkhar on the run.
Authorities set up a perimeter in nearby Watertown, Mass., going door-to-door and rendering the city of Boston under complete lockdown. A Watertown resident discovered the suspect hiding in a boat in his back yard. Dzhokhar was arrested and taken to a hospital shortly thereafter.
After much secrecy and protest of which innumerable Massachusetts residents refused to have him buried here after the heinous act he supposedly committed, Tamerlan was buried in a rural Virginia cemetery while his parents refused to receive his body in their native Chechnya. Tamerlan is thought to have spent considerable time in Chechnya where his religious and moral beliefs are thought to have been radicalized.
