The bombs exploded 12 seconds apart near the finish line of the marathon on Boylston Street.
According to Richard Deslauriers, Special Agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston office, the bombs contained Bibi-like shrapnel and nails.
According to the FBI, the bombs were placed in a pressure cooker hidden inside the backpack.
the victim
Martin Richard, 8, a student at Neighborhood House Charter School in Boston.
Crystal Campbell, 29, of Medford, Massachusetts.
lingzhi lu, graduate student at Boston University. She was originally from China.
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April 15, 2013 – Around 2:50 pm,
Two bombs explode near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Bombs explode within 8-12 seconds of each other, at a distance of about 50-100 yards.
6:10 pm,
President Barack Obama Speaking to reporters at the White House, “We’ll find out who did it. We’ll find out why they did it. Any responsible person, any responsible group, will feel the full weight of justice.”
April 16, 2013 – Speaking at the White House, Obama called the bombings an act of terrorism.
Officials confirmed that there were only two bombs, despite earlier reports that other non-detonated equipment had been found.
Officers, including bomb experts, search an apartment in Revere, Massachusetts and remove items. Officials cautioned that there is no apparent suspect and the motive is unknown.
April 17, 2013 – A federal law enforcement officer tells CNN that the lid of a pressure cooker used in the bombings has been found on a terrace at the scene.
Alleged miscommunication between government officials has prompted several news organizations, including CNN, to report ahead of time that a suspect has been arrested and is in custody.
April 18, 2013 – Victim Compensation Specialist Attorney Kenneth Feinberg has been announced as administrator of
One Fund Boston, A fund to assist individuals affected by attacks.
At a news conference, the FBI releases photos of suspects they are looking for in connection with the bombings. The suspects were later identified as the brothers, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev and 19-year-old Zhokhar Tsarnaev.
Late in the evening, Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier is shot and killed on campus. Soon after, the Tsarnaev brothers kidnapped a driver in Cambridge. The driver was released after about 30 minutes.
As the police chase them, Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Zhokhar Tsarnaev throw explosives through the windows and exchange bullets with the officers. Tamerlan was injured and later died at Beth Israel Hospital. According to officials, he was shot by an explosion and sustained injuries.
April 19, 2013 – Boston police have identified the attackers as Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, brothers from Cambridge, Massachusetts. They are of Chechen origin and have immigrated to the United States legally. Tamerlan has been identified as the man killed in an encounter with police, while University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth student Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remains at large.
Throughout the day, hundreds of law enforcement officers go door to door on 20 streets in Watertown, searching for Zhokhar Tsarnaev, who officials believe is still in Massachusetts. Boston area residents are asked by officials to stay inside as the search for Tsarnaev continues.
Between 6 pm and 7 pm,
Watertown resident David Henberry He goes outside to inspect his boat soon after the lockout is lifted, and sees “a man lying in a pool of blood under a string.”
8:15 p.m. – Authorities announce that they have a man they believe has besieged Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Law enforcement agents later took Tsarnaev into custody. He is hospitalized in serious condition.
April 22, 2013 – Tsarnaev is accused of With one count of conspiracy to use and using a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death and one count of malicious destruction of property by means of an explosive device resulting in death.
May 1, 2013 – Three 19-year-olds have been arrested in connection with the bombings. Three men are accused of helping Zhokhar Tsarnaev after the bombing. Federal prosecutors say:
Azamat Tzayakov, Dias Kadyrbayev and Robel Filippos The investigators took luggage from Tsarnaev’s dorm room after the bombing in order to clear his friend’s traces. Tzayakov and Kadyrbayev are foreign nationals who have been charged with obstruction of justice. They are held initially over unrelated visa issues. US citizen Philippos is accused of lying to federal agents.
May 9, 2013 – Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried in a Muslim cemetery in Doswell, Virginia. This is after cemeteries in Massachusetts and burials are not permitted elsewhere.
May 22, 2013 – shoots and kills an FBI agent
ibragim todashev In Orlando, Florida, inquiring about his relationship with Tamerlan Tsarnaev after cell phone records linked the two. Todashev tells the agent that Tsarnaev took part in a triple murder in 2011 that was drug-related. According to a law enforcement source, the confrontation between the FBI agent and Todashev turns violent after Todashev attacks the agent with a weapon.
10 July 2013 – Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty to 30 federal charges.
13 August 2013 – Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tzayakov pleaded not guilty Conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruct justice with intent to obstruct officers.
August 19, 2013 – The testimony of the trauma surgeon who treated Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is not sealed, His skull reveals the extent of his wounds, including the mouth and multiple gunshot wounds that pierced the base of the vertebrae. Unsealed documents also show that his Miranda rights were not read until three days after Tsarnaev was taken into custody.
September 13, 2013 – Philippos pleads not guilty Federal authorities for making false statements, and Kadyrbayev and Tzayakov rehearsed their not guilty pleas. Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s in-laws appear before a federal grand jury in Boston. Details of the four-hour session are not immediately released.
30 January 2014 – A notice has been filed with a federal court
US Attorney General Eric Holder says that federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
30 May 2014 – The authorities arrested Khairulozhon Matanov, a friend of the Tsarnaev brothers and accused him of destroying, altering, and falsifying records, documents and tangible objects in a federal investigation, specifically information on his computer. He has also been charged with three counts of making materially false, fictitious and fraudulent statements in a federal terrorism investigation. He later pleaded guilty to misleading investigators.
21 August 2014 – Kadyrbayev pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice. As part of the plea agreement, a seven-year sentence would be recommended by a US attorney, and Kadyrbayev, a Kazakh citizen, has agreed to be deported after serving his sentence.
28 October 2014 – Filipos, a friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, has been indicted on two counts of lying to federal agents.
5 January 2015 – zarnavs
Testing begins.
March 3, 2015 – Jury selection is complete.
4 March 2015 – opening statement Let’s start with Tsarnaev’s case. The testimony lasts for 15 days. During the trial, prosecutors called 92 witnesses; Raksha calls four.
8 April 2015 – After 11-and-a-half hours of deliberation, the jury delivered a guilty verdict on all 30 charges.
June 2, 2015 – Kadyrbayev, a friend of Zhokhar Tsarnaev, who pleaded guilty in August 2014,
He has been sentenced to 72 months in prison for obstructing justice.
June 5, 2015 – Tzayakov is sentenced to three and a half years in prison For obstruction of justice with intent to obstruct investigation and for conspiracy to obstruct justice. Filipos has been sentenced to three years in prison for making false statements to law enforcement in a terrorism investigation.
24 June 2015 – Tsarnaev is formally sentenced to death. Addressing the court,
He apologizes and admits that he is guilty.
18 July 2015 – Tsarnaev is lodged at the Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, which is also home to inmate Ted Kaczynski, the “Unbomber” and co-conspirator of 9/11.
Zacharias Moussoui.
22 December 2015 – Stephen Silva, the man who lent the gun to Zhokhar Tsarnaev, which was later used to kill the MIT officer, was sentenced to time off and given three years of supervised probation. Silva is also ordered to pay $800 in fines.
15 January 2016 – Tsarnaev has been ordered to pay more than $101 million to the victims and their request for a new trial is denied.
19 May 2016 – Tzayakov has been released from federal prison.
26 February 2018 – Philippos has been released from a residential re-entry program, ending his federal prison term.
29 August 2018 – Kadyrbayev was released from federal prison and taken into ICE custody. He was deported on 23 October and arrived in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 24 October.
December 27, 2018 – Tsarnaev’s lawyers appealed his death sentence, saying that Tsarnaev did not receive a fair trial. They say it should have been held outside the city where the crime was committed.
12 December 2019 – Tsarnaev’s lawyer makes opening statement Before the US Circuit Court of Appeals.
July 31, 2020 – The appeals court vacated the death sentence of Tsarnaev And the rule is he should be given a new penal trial. The court also overturned three of his 30 sentences, but maintained that he would remain in federal prison for the rest of his life.
December 17, 2020 – Lawyers for Tsarnaev file
cons brief I am asking
US Supreme Court For not reviewing the earlier appellate decision to vacate his death sentence. The brief was filed in response to a proposal by the US Department of Justice to review a federal appeals court’s decision vacating the death penalty in July, citing jury selection issues and a failure to properly screen jurors for bias. Is.
March 22, 2021 – The US Supreme Court agrees to review the lower court’s opinion that vacated Tsarnaev’s death sentence. In October 2020, Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall urged judges to take up the case, arguing “the victims, potential jurors, the district court, the government and the nation” should not bear the burden associated with reinstatement. capital punishment.
4 March 2022 – US Supreme Court upholds Sarnaev’s death sentence In a 6-3 rule on conservative-liberal lines.