Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev ( TAM-ər-LAHN (T)SAR-NY-ef; October 21, 1986 – April 19, 2013) was a terrorist of Chechen and Avar descent. He and his younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, committed the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013. Tamerlan Tsarnaev entered the United States in the early 2000s and later became a lawful permanent resident. He attended Bunker Hill Community College and pursued a boxing career. At some point in time, he became an adherent of Islamic extremism. In 2011, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) warned the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about Tsarnaev's extremism and his alleged connection to underground groups in the Russian region. Later in 2011, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) added Tsarnaev to its Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment database. According to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, he and Tamerlan Tsarnaev used pressure cooker bombs to commit the Boston Marathon bombing. One bomb was placed at the Boston Marathon finish line, while the other was placed outside the Forum restaurant. The bombs were detonated at 2:49 pm on April 15, 2013. The bombing killed three people and injured hundreds of others. On April 18, 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released images of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in connection with its investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing. Shortly thereafter, the Tsarnaev brothers killed an MIT policeman, carjacked an SUV, and engaged in a shootout with police in the Boston suburb of Watertown. After being shot and tackled by police, Tamerlan Tsarnaev was struck and dragged beneath the stolen SUV driven by his brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Dzhokhar, later admitted as a co-conspirator in the Boston Marathon bombing, was incarcerated and sentenced to death.