Current
Events: Boston Marathon bombs: Prosecutors prepare charges
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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.
