US court finds Boston Marathon bombing suspect guilty
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21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Photo: Reuters |
(VOVworld) – A jury in the US city of Boston has reached a verdict in the case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
On Wednesday, the Boston jury found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of the Boston Marathon bombing in Boston, Massachusetts, which killed 3 people and wounded 264 others.
21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is an immigrant from Chechnya, was found guilty of 30 charges, including using weapons of mass destruction, and conducting 2 bombings at the Boston marathon with his brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan. 17 of the 30 charges carry a possible death penalty.