U.S. FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL FOLLOWING LEADS IN THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS THAT
LEFT THREE DEAD AND HUNDREDS INJURED BACK IN APRIL.
THE SUSPECTS: TWO ETHNICALLY CHECHEN BROTHERS, TAMERLAN AND DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV.
SINCE THE ATTACK, AUTHORITIES HAVE QUESTIONED OTHER CHECHENS IN THE UNITED STATES WHO MAY
HAVE HAD TIES TO THE TSARNAEVS.
VOA RUSSIAN SERVICE REPORTER AND NORTH CAUCASUS EXPERT FATIMA TLISOVA TALKED WITH ONE FORMER
CHECHEN REBEL, WHO SAYS HE MET WITH TAMERLAN JUST A MONTH BEFORE THE ATTACK.
SHE TALKED WITH ME ABOUT HER EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND OTHER INSIGHTS INTO THE LIVES OF THE TSARNAEVS.
LET'S ROLL THAT.
LOOKING AT TAMERLAN TSARNAEV, WHO WAS SEEN BY AUTHORITIES TO HAVE BEEN THE MASTERMIND
BEHIND THESE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS -- DOES IT LOOK TO YOU LIKE SOMEONE WHO WAS SELF-RADICALIZED,
OR WHO WAS INFLUENCED BY OTHER, POSSIBLY REBEL ELEMENTS?
I STUDIED THE HISTORY OF HIS FAMILY, AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO ALMOST ALL THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW
HIM IN BOSTON, ALL THE CHECHENS, AND THE IMPRESSION I GOT OF
HIM
WAS
THAT
PROBABLY