Boston bombers possibly 'lone wolves': Mayor

April 22, 2013 08:20

The two Chechen brothers suspected to be behind the twin bomb blasts in Boston were possibly 'lone wolves' or terrorists who act alone without assistance from any group, city Mayor Thomas Menino said.

"All of the information that I have is they acted alone, these two individuals, the brothers," Menino, told ABC news in an interview.

The mayor's remarks came even as federal investigating authorities are anxiously waiting for the improvement in condition of Dzhokar Tsarnev, 19, who is hospitalised in serious condition in a Boston hospital.

Dzhokar was arrested on Friday night from a boat parked in the back yard of a house in a Boston neighborhood, where he was hiding. His elder brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was shot dead in a police gunfight on Thursday, from where Dzhokar had managed to escape.

"The older brother's dead now. We have the second one at Beth Israel Hospital in very serious condition. And we don't know if we'll ever be able to question the individual," the mayor said referring to the serious injury to Dzhokar.

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