Curents Events: Boston Marathon bombs: Prosecutors prepare charges

Current Events: Boston Marathon bombs: Prosecutors prepare charges

G9 Nayeon Kim

 

 

US federal prosecutors are preparing charges against the surviving Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as more details emerge of his capture. The suspect was captured on Friday evening after a huge manhunt during which Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's elder brother and suspected fellow bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, died.If he is charged with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill people, he could have the death penalty. The prosecutors for the state of Massachusetts, which does not have the death penalty, may file their own. US media quoted anonymous sources as saying he had been responding to questions in writing, but this has not been officially confirmed. The FBI's Boston field office and the Boston police department both said the information did not come from them.

Police believe the 19-year-old Dzhokhar may have killed his brother himself, running him over in a car as he fled capture on Thursday night. Monday's twin bomb attack on the Boston Marathon finish line killed a boy of eight and two women, and injured more than 180, of whom 13 lost limbs. One policeman was killed and another injured during the manhunt. No motive for the attack has been established. It is unclear when the charges will be filed against the suspect. This exception is allowed on a limited basis when the public may be in immediate danger.

 

Vocabulary

Suspect: person who have a doubt that he or she have a crime or guilty.

Capture: catch things or person or sight

Responding: answering, correspond, react

Prosecutors: public person who counsel for the crime

Boston Marathon Bomb: The Boston Marathon bombings were a terrorist attack during the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Two bombs exploded, 13 seconds apart on Boylston Street, near the finish line—killing three people and injuring 183 others.