Three additional suspects have been taken into custody by police investigating the Boston Marathon bombings.
Boston Police Department announced on Twitter that three more suspects are in custody and said that there is no threat to public safety.
Police spokeswoman Cheryl Fiandaca confirmed the tweet but referred all other questions to the FBI.
The three people arrested are connected to bombing accused Dzhokhar Tsarnaev through the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, where he was a student and allegedly helped him after the attacks, according to the Boston Globe.
Law enforcement sources told Reuters that two suspects were Dzhokhar’s college classmates and the third person arrested is a US citizen, while investigators are trying to establish whether they disposed of a bag for the bombers.
Three people were killed and more than 260 injured on April 15 when two bombs exploded near the finish line.
Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev died after a gunfight with police several days later. His brother Dzhokhar was captured and lies in a hospital prison.
The surviving brother, 19, faces federal charges of using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death over the double bombing.
Authorities say the brothers also killed an MIT police officer as they tried to escape, although no charges have been filed yet over his death.
The White House and investigators have previously suggested that the Tsarnaevs could have acted alone, without ties to any foreign government or terrorist organisation.
But law enforcement authorities have kept a close watch on some of the brothers’ contacts as they try to establish whether they had any help.
Shortly after the brothers were identified, investigators questioned three college friends of Dzhokhar, detaining two on charges of overstaying their visas.
Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, Kazakh nationals, have since appeared before a federal immigration judge. Their lawyers say they are unaware of any criminal charges against them.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s relatives will claim his body now that his wife has agreed to release it, an uncle said. The 26-year-old’s body has been at the medical examiner’s office in Massachusetts since he died.
Amato DeLuca, the Rhode Island attorney for Tamerlan’s widow, Katherine Russell, said his client had just learned that the medical examiner was ready to release the body and that she wants it released to his side of the family.
Police said Tamerlan ran out of ammunition before Dzhokhar dragged his body under a vehicle while fleeing the scene.
His cause of death has been determined but will not be made public until his remains are claimed.
source: www.skynew.com
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