'A million questions' for Boston suspect

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in an ambulance after he was captured in Watertown. The suspect is unable to speak to investigators but was cursing as he was captured and rushed to hospital. Picture: AP Source: AP

MARATHON bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remains in serious condition in a Boston hospital, unable to answer questions on the devastating attack.

Investigators released stunning images of Tsarnaev's final moments of freedom, slumbering wounded in a boat in a suburban backyard. They are also stepping up inquiries into a trip to Muslim regions of Russia taken by his accomplice brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

NBC News reported that authorities were finalising federal charges against Tsarnaev and hoped to charge him later today.

"He is in no condition to be interrogated at this time," Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis told Fox News Sunday.

"He's progressing, though, and we're monitoring the situation at this time."

Mr Davis said a specialist interrogation team is waiting to question the suspect.

The 19-year-old is "serious but stable," Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick told reporters on Saturday. "I think not able to communicate yet."

Massachusetts State Police have released this aerial image of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding in a boat. The boat's owner, who found the suspect and called 911, is "distraught" and has gone into hiding, neighbours say.

Mr Patrick said he hopes the teenager survives.

"We have a million questions and those questions need to be answered," he said.

US media reported Tsarnaev suffered a throat wound during a shoot-out with police after a massive manhunt in which Tamerlan was killed.

Despite the throat wound, Tsarnaev cursed profusely in the ambulance ride to the hospital after his arrest, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing an FBI source.

The Tsarnaev brothers are the main suspects in the double bomb attack on the Boston marathon which killed three people wounded about 180. A policeman was killed and another was left fighting for his life after gunbattles during the hunt.

Commissioner Davis told CBS' Face the Nation that the crime scene from the early Friday firefight in Watertown was "littered" with unexploded improvised explosive devices.

The moment of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's arrest aftera dramatic shootout with police. Picture: via Twitter/Imgur

Mr Davis says it's his belief that based on the evidence at the scene and the firepower the brothers had that they "were going to attack other individuals" .

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was under armed guard at a hospital where some victims of the bombings are also being treated. Counter-terrorism agents trained in interrogating "high-value" detainees were waiting to question him, a law official told AFP.

Prosecutors were also at the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Cambridge, just outside Boston, working out charges.

Media reports say authorities did not read Tsarnaev his usual Miranda rights to see a lawyer or stay when he was captured, invoking a special exception for security reasons.

That has left US authorities facing tough decisions over how to handle the investigation and any trial.

Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham have led calls for the teenager to be declared an "enemy combatant," which would give him the same status as Guantanamo "war on terror" detainees.

Law enforcement investigate the scene where bombing suspect was caught in Watertown, Massachusetts. A specialist high-value interrogation team is waiting to question the suspect, who is in critical condition. Picture: AFP

Legal rights groups have been quick to insist that he face a criminal trial, even though Tsarnaev would be likely to face a death penalty calls.

The Tsarnaev family are ethnic Chechens who moved to the US from the former Soviet state of Kyrgyzstan around 2002.

Media reports say Tamerlan Tsarnaev became a fervent Muslim in recent years. Much focus is now being put on his six month trip to the Russian region of Dagestan last year.

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during telephone talks Saturday to increase cooperation against international terrorism, the Kremlin and White House said.

The FBI acknowledged on Friday that an unnamed foreign government, reportedly Russia, asked for information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011. The FBI interviewed the man but said it had found no "derogatory" information.

The men's social media pages appeared to express sympathy with the struggle in Chechnya, which has been ravaged by two wars since 1994 between Russia and Islamist-leaning separatist rebels.

A neighbour has captured the frightening shootout that led to the arrest of the second Boston bombing suspect

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who became a US citizen last year, was caught after a man named Dave Henneberry saw blood on boat he kept in his backyard in Watertown, in the Boston suburbs. When Henneberry lifted the tarp he saw the wounded teenager curled up inside, police said.

The University of Massachusetts student was surrounded for a showdown that included a final gunbattle before Tsarnaev surrendered to authorities.

Thermal images taken by a police helicopter overhead showed Tsarnaev slumbering in the covered boat. They also showed a robotic arm reaching to lift the cover so cameras could peek inside.

Over the weekend crowds gathered outside Mr Henneberry's home, craning their necks to gaze at his bullet-riddled and blood-smeared 1980s boat.

Neighbour George Pizzuto said that Mr Henneberry was "in shock" and "totally distraught" at the events of Friday night, and is not talking to reporters.

Mr Henneberry has gone into hiding and the boat, his prized possession, is being kept under wraps by police as they collect evidence against Tsarnaev.

Surviving Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, remains in serious condition in hospital, under heavy guard. Picture: VK.com 

Police say the brothers killed one officer and wounded another as they fled, hurling home-made bombs at their hunters.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev died in one gunbattle. His brother was also shot but escaped, bloody and wounded.

Watertown police chief Edward Deveau said the pair had at least six bombs with them when being chased and that Dzhokhar had driven over his brother as he escaped.

Fifty-eight of the victims from the bomb attack are still in Boston hospitals, with three in critical condition.

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Police Commissioner Davis said releasing photos was a turning point for the manhunt, as the wait to interview a suspect continues.

US President Barack Obama holds a meeting in the Situation Room to discuss the investigation into the Boston bombings. The surviving suspect was not read his rights, based on a public safety exemption, which could complicate his trial. Picture: AFP

Mr Davis has told the Boston Globe that releasing the photos of the two suspects in the Marathon bombing "may have led to the further attack" against MIT police officer Sean Collier.

He said it "was a turning point in the investigation, no doubt about it".

"It forced them out of their hideout and they decided to commit further violent acts."

His comments came as residents of Watertown, Boston, gathered to pay tribute to the the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, after they were forced in to lockdown mode until the manhunt was over.

Investigators have also examined the boat where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was hiding and shot multiple times before he was taken into police custody.

They have also searched the house of their sister, Alina, Tsarnaev, who lives in the US.

The FBI have seized a computer from her home and he is cooperating with police.

Their motives for committing such a crime are still unknown.

Boston Marathon bomb suspect number two is in custody after law enforcement arrested him after a brief stand-off. Fox News

Late Friday the FBI confirmed it had investigated Tamerlan Tsarnaev two years ago. The FBI said it received information from "a foreign government" that he was a follower of radical Islam and had changed drastically in 2010 as he prepared to travel overseas to join "unspecified underground groups". 

Crowds cheer on the police after news of the arrest breaks in Boston. Picture: AP

People visit a make-shift memorial on Boylston Street. near the scene of Boston Marathon explosions as people get back to their daily routine after a city-wide lockdown and the capture of the surviving suspect. Picture: AFP

Children attend a candlelight vigil at Victory Park in Watertown, Massachusetts, as authorities wait to question Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, who is in serious condition in hospital. Picture: Getty

President Obama has praised the efforts of law enforcement after the arrest of suspect number two in the Boston bombing. Fox News

A gathering of people applaud as first responders leave the scene after the arrest. Picture: AP

A Boston resident tells of a shooting while out walking the dog after the stay indoor request was lifted

Maret Tsarnaev, the aunt of the Boston suspects says they couldn't have done this

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