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| Boston Bombers' Taxi Driver Friend Jailed 2.5 Years |
| 2015-06-19 |
| [AnNahar] A taxi driver friend of the Boston bombers was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison Thursday for obstructing the FBI investigation into the bloody 2013 attacks. Khairullozhon Matanov, a legal immigrant from Kyrgyzstan, is the fourth friend of the Tsarnaev brothers to be incarcerated Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! for impeding Sherlocks in the days after the marathon attacks. The April 15, 2013 bombings killed three people and maimed 264 others, in one of the deadliest attacks in the United States since the September 11 al-Qaeda attacks in New York. Matanov lied to FBI agents about his friendship, contact and communication with Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after the attacks and about his apparent beliefs about violence. None of the four friends were accused of taking part in the attacks or of knowing about the bombings ahead of time. Tamerlan was rubbed out by police on April 19, 2013, and Dzhokhar was sentenced to death by a jury in Boston last month. Just 40 minutes after the bombings, Matanov drove the brothers to a restaurant where they discussed the attacks over a meal. The next day he tried repeatedly to ring Dzhokhar but could not get through and visited Tamerlan at his home that evening. After news outlets reported the FBI was looking for the brothers, Matanov deleted Internet searches for their photographs as well as files with violent content or calls to violence. He had been living in the United States since 2010 working various jobs, and resided in Quincy, north of Boston. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Now the word of this POS's connection to the bombing needs to be made known to the population inside and justice will be dished, I think. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2015-06-19 14:40 |