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Katherine Russell Widow Of Boston Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev Could Face Charges As Accomplice To Terror Attack
March 8, 2015
Widow of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev may face charges for attack: report
http://www.nydailynews.com | 03/04/2015 | BY Jason Silverstein
The trial for the Boston Marathon bombing might become a family affair.
Katherine Russell, the widow of slain suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, could face criminal charges for the April 2013 terror attack, ABC News reported.
Police reportedly believe that Russell knew about the havoc Tsarnaev and his younger brother, Dzhokar, planned for the marathon, and failed to let authorities know about it. Dzhokar Tsarnaev is currently on trial for the attack.
Russell is suspected of accompanying Tamerlan Tsarnaev to a Macy's in Boston two months before the bombing, where they bought five pressure cookers, two of which were allegedly used to make the bombs that detonated at the race's finish line.
She allegedly shared a small apartment with Tsarnaev in Cambridge, Mass., where bombmaking materials were in plain sight...
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