2 Students from Kazakhstan Arrested in Conjunction with Boston Marathon Bombing

Breaking news:

BOSTON (CBS/AP) – Boston police say three additional suspects have been taken into custody in the Boston Marathon bombings investigation. Their names have not been released. Police said more details will be revealed later today. According to CBS News, the three people arrested are friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Two will be charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements. They are not U.S. citizens. According to WBZ-TV’s Karen Anderson, their names are Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev. Both are originally from Kazakhstan and attended the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The third suspect, according to CBS News, is an American citizen and he will be charged with making false statements.

Once again, a Central Asian connection. Maybe, just maybe, people will finally start paying attention to this region I’ve been writing about and reporting from for two decades.

2 Comments.

  • exkiodexian
    May 1, 2013 10:49 AM

    I read this book and it’s quite good. Recommended. I loved the bit about the train and the sweltering heat. Not sure how you survived that whole ordeal.

  • If Americans knew where these people were – literally – and if they knew the cultural mindset and their ideologies, they would think twice, or maybe a whole lot more, before deciding to interact with them on any level other than trading with them or providing food or medical aid. We simply have too many problems of our own to take care of first. It’s taken us a couple hundred years or so to get to where we are – thinking that we can change them more quickly or order them around is simply ridiculous

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