Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 'bomb suspects'

Chechen brothers named by Boston police hunting bombers after shootout leaves one gunman dead

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THE suspects wanted in relation to the Boston Marathon bombing are brothers of Chechen origin, the New York Times reports.

One of the men, identified by the FBI as Suspect 1, is believed to be Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26. He died in hospital from "multiple gunshot wounds and possible blast injuries", after a confrontation with police this morning. Authorities are investigating whether he had an improvised explosive device strapped to his body, law enforcement officials said.

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