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| In this image released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on April 19, 2013, two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing walk near the marathon finish line on April 15, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Handout/AFP/Getty Images) |
Surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
told investigators he and his brother had planned to detonate the rest of their
explosives in New York's Times Square.
Tsarnaev initially told authorities they planned to go to
New York to party after the Boston attack, but following further questioning,
he admitted they had discussed a second bombing, this time in Times Square.
The suspect told investigators he and his brother's original
plan when they hijacked a car and its driver in Boston was to drive to New York
with seven bombs to set them off, but that it was interrupted when the driver
escaped and called police, leading to a shootout.
The man who was carjacked told authorities that he heard one
of the brothers say "Manhattan" before he escaped, but police have
cautioned that it could have been a language mixup, as the suspects were
speaking in a Russian dialect at the time.
Officials noted that the idea was not well developed, and
one senior official called the plan "aspirational at most."
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray
Kelly scheduled a press briefing about the new information later Thursday.
Tsarnaev's questioning happened before he was read his
rights as the US government had invoked an exception to the requirement that
all suspects be read their Miranda rights before questioning, which applies in
cases of public danger.
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