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Madeleine Morgenstern, TheBlaze — The Boston Police Department says three additional suspects have been taken into custody in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing.“Three additional suspects taken into custody in Marathon bombing case. Details to follow,” the department tweeted Wednesday morning.
CNN reported the suspects were in FBI custody. They were expected in federal court later Wednesday.
The Boston Globe reported the three are college students who allegedly helped 19-year-old bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after the April 15 attack that killed three people and injured more than 260. Tsarnaev was enrolled as a student at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and reportedly spent time on campus after the bombing.
NBC News reported the three are Tsarnaev’s roommates.
CNN reported two of the suspects are from Kazakhstan; the third is an American citizen. They were reportedly arrested for making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
The Associated Press reported the names of the two men originally from Kazakhstan are Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev. The third suspect has not been named but is also reportedly male.
From Boston’s WCVB-TV: This undated photo shows, from left, Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, from Kazakhstan, and Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in New York City’s Times Square.
Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev have been held in county jail for more than a week on allegations they violated their student visas while attending the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, according to the AP. They appeared through video conference for a hearing in immigration court in Boston on Wednesday.
The Boston Police Department tweeted Wednesday morning there was no threat to public safety.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is recovering in a prison hospital from injuries sustained while he was on the run from authorities. He is charged with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill and could receive the death penalty. His older brother, suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed following a gun battle with police.
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Madeleine Morgenstern is an assistant editor at TheBlaze. A graduate of George Washington University with a degree in political science, she got her journalism start at GW's award-winning student newspaper, The Hatchet. Originally from Los Angeles, she lives in Washington, D.C.
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