Boston bombing suspect charged

June 28, 2013 01:29

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect of Boston marathon bombing, was today indicted in the US on 30 counts, including the use of a weapon of mass destruction, over the April attacks that killed three people and injured more than 260 others.

A federal grand jury returned a 30-count indictment against Dzhokhar and many of the charges carry the possibility of life in prison or the death penalty.

The charges include: use of a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death; bombing of a place of public use resulting in death, malicious destruction of property resulting in death, conspiracy, and use of a firearm during and in relation to a violent crime, federal prosecutors said in a statement.

Dzhokhar, 19, is one of two ethnic Chechen brothers accused of carrying out the twin blasts near the Boston Marathon finish line on April 15.

A fourth victim, a university police officer, died in a gunfight with the pair four days later as authorities raced to capture them.

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