Parents Say Boston Suspects Framed, Want Truth From U.S. ‘Father of Boston bomb suspects plans U.S. trip to bury son’

By Alissa de Carbonnel
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) – The parents of the two main suspects in the Boston bombings said on Thursday their sons had been framed and accused U.S. authorities of killing the older brother to put on a display.
Anzor Tsarnaev, the father, banged the table in anger as he announced plans to go from Russia to the United States to “find out the truth” and Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, the mother, said she had wanted to scream when she heard of her elder son’s death.
She denied Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, had made contact with Islamist militants during a stay in Russia last year and said she was considering giving up her U.S. citizenship.
“I wanted to scream to the whole world, ‘What did you do?’ What have you done with my son? He was alive. Why did you need to kill him? Why didn’t you send him to Guantanamo or whatever? Why? Why?,” she shouted at a new conference, her voice cracking.
“It is some kind of show, spectacle,” she said, adding that she wanted her son buried in Russia, where he has roots.
Wearing a black head scarf, she spoke in accented English as she maintained her belief her sons were victims of a conspiracy.
“Politics is a dirty business. I don’t know in whose interest this was. I only know one thing, that my children didn’t do this.”
She recounted that she had called Tamerlan after the bombing and he had told her not to worry.
He was shot dead by police in a firefight four days after the bombings at the Boston Marathon which killed three people and wounded 264.
His brother Dzhokhar, 19, was captured after a manhunt. He has been charged with crimes that carry a possible death penalty and is now in hospital being treated for his wounds.
Pounding the table with his fists, Anzor Tsarnaev said: “I am going to the United States. I want to say that I am going there to see my son, to bury the older one. I don’t have any bad intentions. I don’t plan to blow up anything.”
“I am not angry at anyone. I want to go find out the truth,” said Anzor, his eyes hidden behind dark glasses.
He said he would go as soon as possible but that he had not yet bought a plane ticket.

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