The surviving Boston
Marathon bombing suspect says he and his brother discussed attacking NYC's
Times Square next, according to law enforcement officials.
The surviving suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,
initially told investigators that they planned to go to New York to party after
the Boston attack, the officials said.
The New York police
commissioner also gave a similar account.
Under questioning, the
officials said, Tsarnaev said that he and his deceased brother, Tamerlan
Tsarnaev, discussed a follow-up attack on Times Square.
The officials cautioned
that the Tsarnaev's idea was "undeveloped." One senior official described the
plan as speculative, and “aspirational at most.”
Tsarnaev reportedly confessed to his
role in the Boston blast, too.
New York Mayor Michael
Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly scheduled a press briefing later
Thursday to further discuss this subject.
Tsarnaev, wounded in a
shootout with police (in which is brother died) before he was captured Friday
night, is in fair condition at a Boston hospital.
Three people were killed
and more than 200 wounded when two bombs went off near the marathon finish line
April 15, sparking a massive manhunt.
A man who authorities say
was carjacked by the Tsarnaevs before the shootout told police he heard one of
the men say “Manhattan” before he escaped.
Somewhere, Boston Marathon
bombing conspiracy theorists are already discrediting this. In any
case, the questioning happened before Tsarnaev was read his rights.
The U.S. government had
invoked an exception to the requirement that suspects be read what are known as
their Miranda rights before questioning.
The exception is applied
in cases of public danger.
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