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'I don't care if my youngest son is killed! I don't care if I am killed!' Boston bombers' mother launches into bizarre rant as she says they were only targeted because they were Muslim
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva says her sons have been framed for the bombings
U.S. investigators have flown to southern Russia to speak with her
If she visits her injured son in the U.S. she could be arrested for an outstanding shoplifting charge from last year
She was due to appear in court in October, but skipped the hearing
By LYDIA WARREN
PUBLISHED: 13:22, 24 April 2013 | UPDATED: 13:59, 24 April 2013
The mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has launched into a bizarre rant in which she claims she does not care if she or her youngest son are killed by U.S. authorities.
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, who now lives in Dagestan, Russia, said in an emotional telephone interview that she believes her sons, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, have been framed for the bombings.
Her eldest son, 26-year-old Tamerlan, died after a shootout with police in Watertown, Massachusetts on Friday, while her youngest, Dzhokhar, 19, is in hospital recovering from a wound to the neck.
'If they are going to kill him, I don't care,' she told CNN of Dzhokhar. 'My oldest one is killed, so I don't care. I don't care is my youngest one is going to be killed today. I want the world to hear this.
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'And I don't care if I am going to get killed too. And I will say Allahu akbar!'
While Dzhokhar was reportedly injured from a self-inflicted gun shot wound as he sought to hide from police in a boat parked in a backyard, his mother said she does not believe this account.
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'You know what I think? I think now they will try to make my Dzhokhar guilty because they took away his voice, his ability to talk to the world... They did not want the truth to come out,' she said.
She added that the only reason her sons were targeted was because they were Muslim, adding that she saw footage of Tamerlan being killed 'really cruelly'.
Suspects: Dzhokhar, right, and Tamerlan Tsarnaev are accused of planting the Boston bombs last Monday
U.S. authorities are on their way to speak with Zubeidat Tsarnaeva in the aftermath of the bombings.
Investigators traveled to southern Russia on Tuesday to speak to Mrs Tsarnaeva and her husband Anzor, an American Embassy official said.
Busted: Mrs Tsarnaeva, 45, was arrested last year after she allegedly stole $1,600 worth of clothing from a Massachusetts Lord & Taylor store
But if she returns to the U.S. to see her son - as she has said she intends to do - she could be arrested, thanks to an outstanding shoplifting charge.
ABC News reported on Tuesday that Mrs Tsarnaeva failed to show up at a court hearing stemming from a July 2012 arrest.
So if she returns to the U.S. to visit her hospitalized son or make burial arrangements for the other, she could be arrested on an outstanding warrant.
Mrs Tsarnaeva, 45, allegedly stole $1,600 worth of clothes from a Massachusetts Lord & Taylor store.
She was charged with two counts of malicious/wanton damage and defacement to property after allegedly swiping the merchandise from the retailer's Natick, Massachusetts location in June 2012.
She was due in court on October 25 for a hearing in the case, but never showed up.
The Lord & Taylor location is not the same as the one on Boyleston Street in Boston, where a surveillance camera captured what police say is her younger son dropping a pressure cooker bomb that was hidden inside a backpack.
The family's lawyer Heda Saratova, asked for the family to be left alone and said that the parents had just seen pictures of the body of their elder son and were not up to speaking with anyone.
Agony of 'Bomber's' mother over dead son
Questioning: Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, mother of Boston bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar, leaves her home for the first time on Tuesday in Dagestan with an unidentified man
Grief: Zubeidat Tsarnaeva outside her home in the predominantly Muslim province in Russia's Caucasus
'The mother is in very bad shape,' Saratova said. 'She watches the video and cries.'
The images, taken by a resident of Watertown, Massachusetts and posted on his blog, appear to show the Tsarnaev brothers sheltering behind a vehicle and taking aim at police officers.
They are reportedly seen running to a car for more supplies before hauling out a pressure cooker bomb they then detonated, filling the street with smoke.
The photographs, taken on the eyewitness' phone from a third-floor bedroom overlooking the scene, are the first images giving insight into the fraught battle that left one brother dead.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev then jumped in the car and barreled towards the police barricade, making a narrow escape. Authorities said that he ran over his brother Tamerlan.
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva says her sons have been framed for the bombings
U.S. investigators have flown to southern Russia to speak with her
If she visits her injured son in the U.S. she could be arrested for an outstanding shoplifting charge from last year
She was due to appear in court in October, but skipped the hearing
By LYDIA WARREN
PUBLISHED: 13:22, 24 April 2013 | UPDATED: 13:59, 24 April 2013
The mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has launched into a bizarre rant in which she claims she does not care if she or her youngest son are killed by U.S. authorities.
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, who now lives in Dagestan, Russia, said in an emotional telephone interview that she believes her sons, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, have been framed for the bombings.
Her eldest son, 26-year-old Tamerlan, died after a shootout with police in Watertown, Massachusetts on Friday, while her youngest, Dzhokhar, 19, is in hospital recovering from a wound to the neck.
'If they are going to kill him, I don't care,' she told CNN of Dzhokhar. 'My oldest one is killed, so I don't care. I don't care is my youngest one is going to be killed today. I want the world to hear this.
Scroll down for video
Rant: Zubeirat Tsarnaena, the Boston bombers' mother, has said she does not care if her surviving son is killed
'And I don't care if I am going to get killed too. And I will say Allahu akbar!'
While Dzhokhar was reportedly injured from a self-inflicted gun shot wound as he sought to hide from police in a boat parked in a backyard, his mother said she does not believe this account.
Mother of Boston Marathon bombers may be ARRESTED if she returns to U.S. after failing to appear on shoplifting charge
Revealed: Dead Boston bomber's body has NOT been claimed - days after he was killed in shootout with cops
Heartbreak as police 'find body of missing college student FALSELY accused of being the Boston Marathon bomber by internet 'sleuths'
'She cries when she sees video of her son dying': Agony of bombers' mother as FBI agents fly to Dagestan to quiz her
'You know what I think? I think now they will try to make my Dzhokhar guilty because they took away his voice, his ability to talk to the world... They did not want the truth to come out,' she said.
She added that the only reason her sons were targeted was because they were Muslim, adding that she saw footage of Tamerlan being killed 'really cruelly'.
Suspects: Dzhokhar, right, and Tamerlan Tsarnaev are accused of planting the Boston bombs last Monday
U.S. authorities are on their way to speak with Zubeidat Tsarnaeva in the aftermath of the bombings.
Investigators traveled to southern Russia on Tuesday to speak to Mrs Tsarnaeva and her husband Anzor, an American Embassy official said.
Busted: Mrs Tsarnaeva, 45, was arrested last year after she allegedly stole $1,600 worth of clothing from a Massachusetts Lord & Taylor store
But if she returns to the U.S. to see her son - as she has said she intends to do - she could be arrested, thanks to an outstanding shoplifting charge.
ABC News reported on Tuesday that Mrs Tsarnaeva failed to show up at a court hearing stemming from a July 2012 arrest.
So if she returns to the U.S. to visit her hospitalized son or make burial arrangements for the other, she could be arrested on an outstanding warrant.
Mrs Tsarnaeva, 45, allegedly stole $1,600 worth of clothes from a Massachusetts Lord & Taylor store.
She was charged with two counts of malicious/wanton damage and defacement to property after allegedly swiping the merchandise from the retailer's Natick, Massachusetts location in June 2012.
She was due in court on October 25 for a hearing in the case, but never showed up.
The Lord & Taylor location is not the same as the one on Boyleston Street in Boston, where a surveillance camera captured what police say is her younger son dropping a pressure cooker bomb that was hidden inside a backpack.
The family's lawyer Heda Saratova, asked for the family to be left alone and said that the parents had just seen pictures of the body of their elder son and were not up to speaking with anyone.
Agony of 'Bomber's' mother over dead son
Questioning: Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, mother of Boston bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar, leaves her home for the first time on Tuesday in Dagestan with an unidentified man
Grief: Zubeidat Tsarnaeva outside her home in the predominantly Muslim province in Russia's Caucasus
'The mother is in very bad shape,' Saratova said. 'She watches the video and cries.'
The images, taken by a resident of Watertown, Massachusetts and posted on his blog, appear to show the Tsarnaev brothers sheltering behind a vehicle and taking aim at police officers.
They are reportedly seen running to a car for more supplies before hauling out a pressure cooker bomb they then detonated, filling the street with smoke.
The photographs, taken on the eyewitness' phone from a third-floor bedroom overlooking the scene, are the first images giving insight into the fraught battle that left one brother dead.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev then jumped in the car and barreled towards the police barricade, making a narrow escape. Authorities said that he ran over his brother Tamerlan.
