Arrest of Boston bombing suspect is just the beginning

By Al S. Mendoza

 

THEY are brothers.  They originated from Chechnya, the strife-torn portion of the Russian Federation.

I have an affinity of sorts with Chechnya.  I was in Moscow in 1994 when secessionist forces in Chechnya mounted their vicious armed attacks against Russia’s military forces.   Thus far, 760,000 have died in the fighting.

Although Chechnya is quite far from Moscow, the disturbances scared me a bit, especially because Russia’s police were a bit strict then with strangers like me.

Last year, the brothers from Chechnya became U.S. citizens, after living nine years in Boston.

Only last April 15, during the 117th Boston Marathon, the oldest running event in history, was bombed twice.  Three were killed and nearly 200 were injured, several of them losing their legs.

No terrorist group had admitted responsibility.  The notoriously famous Al-Qaeda disowned the attacks.

Then from still photos and videos, both from security cameras at the marathon site and the public, were revealed two men as prime suspects.

They turned out to be the Chechnyan brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.  Tamerlan is 26, Dzhokhar 19.

Within hours after their unmasking, Tamerlan was dead from gunfire by pursuing F.B.I. and police.  Dzhokhar escaped.

Before the shootout, the brothers shot dead a 26-year-old campus police officer, held up a 7-11 grocery store and carnapped an SUV—all happening at Watertown, a suburb of Boston.

Police were led to Dzhokhar by a Watertown resident who found traces of blood in his backyard.

The blood trail brought the police to a parked boat, where Dzhokhar was spotted by a police chopper patrolling the area.

After residents had been roused by gunfire, they would shortly leave their homes to cheer the police on the streets for having arrested Dzhokhar, who was bleeding and in serious but stable condition when brought to the hospital.

A bullet hit Dzhokhar mouth, the bullet exiting his skull through his throat.

The wound prevented Dzhokhar from speaking.

But since there is a U.S. law requiring that police should file charges against a suspect within 48 hours of his arrest, doctors exerted all efforts to revive Dzhokhar.

When he came to, Dzhokhar answered police by writing.

As I write this, the police had yet to publicly reveal the contents of Dzhokhar’s answers.

Now, if you think the Boston bombing has been solved, you are wrong.

Not wanting to sound cynical or anything, until proven guilty, the Tamerlan brothers are mere suspects.

Tsarnaev, the former boxer, is dead and, fortunately, Dzhokhar, the wrestler, is alive.

Dzhokhar is clothed with vast rights due a citizen of America.

Question No. 1:  Did the brothers really bomb the Boston Marathon?

Question No. 2:  If yes, why?

Those are just two queries.

The list of questions could be endless.

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