Maryland uncles of Boston marathon bombing suspects speak out
Ruslan Tsarni said Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev came to the U.S. as asylum seekers
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The Montgomery County Maryland uncle of the suspects in the Boston bombing says the two brothers were 'losers.'
An uncle of the two suspects
in the Boston Marathon bombing delivered an emotional interview in front
of his Montgomery Village home on Friday, calling his nephews "losers"
while imploring one who fled an early morning police standoff that left
the other dead to turn himself in.
As the nation sought to learn anything it could about the men who allegedly carried out the deadly attack this week, the uncle Ruslan Tsarni said he first learned that his nephews were suspects when he saw their picture on AOL Friday morning. The young men have been identified by police as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26.
Speaking over the loud chopping sounds of helicopters hovering over his home, Tsarni offered condolences to the three people killed in Monday's attack that also left more than 100 injured.
"I've been following [the
story] from day one but never ever imagined that somehow the children of
my brother would be associated with that," Tsarni said. "It is an
atrocity. We are devastated. We're shocked. We've not been in touch with
that family for a number of years. They never lived here. I never knew,
and even if I would have guessed something, I would have submitted them
myself."
Tsarni said that for personal reasons he has not seen his nephews since December 2005. He said he didn't believe they had any ties to terrorist or extremist groups but spoke in disparaging terms about them.
Asked what he believed provoked the two men accused in the attack, Tsarni said: "Being losers, hatred to those who were able to settle themselves, these are the only reasons I can imagine. Anything else, anything else to do with religion is a fraud. It's a fake. We're Muslims. We're ethnic Chechyans."
Asked if he believed the suspects had training, Tsarni said: "If that happened, most likely. Somebody radicalized them. But it's not my brother, who spent his life bringing bread to their table, fixing cars. He's been working."
Tsarni said he hasn't spoken to his brother since 2009.
"My family has nothing to do with that family," he said. "Of course we're ashamed. Yes, we're ashamed. These are children of my brother, who has little influence over them. Honestly, as much as I know, had little influence of them."
Asked why he hasn't had any contact with the family, Tsarni said: "It's personal. I just wanted my family to be away from them."
Tsarni said one of the suspects was born in Kyrgyzstan and that his brother's family moved to the Boston area in 2003, receiving asylum in the United States. He said the suspects "put a shame" on his family and "the entire ethnicity."
"If you're alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness," said Tsarni, surrounded by reporters and TV cameras, to Dzhokhar.
Alvi Tsarnaev, another uncle, who lives about a mile from Tsarni, declined to comment when reached by phone Friday, but he gave an interview with a television station early this morning. "I can't believe this what happened," he said in that interview. "I can't believe this, it's not possible."
He said that he had not talked to the suspects for several years because of problems in the family but did not elaborate.
"Yesterday he called me and said forgive me," Alvi Tsarnaev said, referring to Tamerlan.
Hours after that call, the Tamerlan was dead.
Neighbors described Alvi Tsarnaev as a kind, friendly man who moved into a Montgomery Village townhome community about five years ago. They said he appeared to live alone, run a car repair service and do handyman work.
"He was friendly, and really kept to himself," said next door neighbor Nicole Cashaw, 30. "He was very straight and narrow. He did a lot of work for people around the neighborhood."
Cashaw and other neighbors said they were stunned to learn their little lane of town homes had a connection to the Boston Marathon bombing.
"I'm sure he's shocked too. I feel bad for him, neighbor Nadia Evans, 30, said. "It's unbelievable that something that happened so far away could be connected to us."
Evans' boyfriend John Fletcher said Tsarnaev gave him an expensive leather coat for Christmas last year when it no longer fit Tsarnaev properly.
"It's a small world," Fletcher said. "We are all one community is what it brings home for you."
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end quote from: As the nation sought to learn anything it could about the men who allegedly carried out the deadly attack this week, the uncle Ruslan Tsarni said he first learned that his nephews were suspects when he saw their picture on AOL Friday morning. The young men have been identified by police as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26.
Speaking over the loud chopping sounds of helicopters hovering over his home, Tsarni offered condolences to the three people killed in Monday's attack that also left more than 100 injured.
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Tsarni said that for personal reasons he has not seen his nephews since December 2005. He said he didn't believe they had any ties to terrorist or extremist groups but spoke in disparaging terms about them.
Asked what he believed provoked the two men accused in the attack, Tsarni said: "Being losers, hatred to those who were able to settle themselves, these are the only reasons I can imagine. Anything else, anything else to do with religion is a fraud. It's a fake. We're Muslims. We're ethnic Chechyans."
Asked if he believed the suspects had training, Tsarni said: "If that happened, most likely. Somebody radicalized them. But it's not my brother, who spent his life bringing bread to their table, fixing cars. He's been working."
Tsarni said he hasn't spoken to his brother since 2009.
"My family has nothing to do with that family," he said. "Of course we're ashamed. Yes, we're ashamed. These are children of my brother, who has little influence over them. Honestly, as much as I know, had little influence of them."
Asked why he hasn't had any contact with the family, Tsarni said: "It's personal. I just wanted my family to be away from them."
Tsarni said one of the suspects was born in Kyrgyzstan and that his brother's family moved to the Boston area in 2003, receiving asylum in the United States. He said the suspects "put a shame" on his family and "the entire ethnicity."
"If you're alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness," said Tsarni, surrounded by reporters and TV cameras, to Dzhokhar.
Alvi Tsarnaev, another uncle, who lives about a mile from Tsarni, declined to comment when reached by phone Friday, but he gave an interview with a television station early this morning. "I can't believe this what happened," he said in that interview. "I can't believe this, it's not possible."
He said that he had not talked to the suspects for several years because of problems in the family but did not elaborate.
"Yesterday he called me and said forgive me," Alvi Tsarnaev said, referring to Tamerlan.
Hours after that call, the Tamerlan was dead.
Neighbors described Alvi Tsarnaev as a kind, friendly man who moved into a Montgomery Village townhome community about five years ago. They said he appeared to live alone, run a car repair service and do handyman work.
"He was friendly, and really kept to himself," said next door neighbor Nicole Cashaw, 30. "He was very straight and narrow. He did a lot of work for people around the neighborhood."
Cashaw and other neighbors said they were stunned to learn their little lane of town homes had a connection to the Boston Marathon bombing.
"I'm sure he's shocked too. I feel bad for him, neighbor Nadia Evans, 30, said. "It's unbelievable that something that happened so far away could be connected to us."
Evans' boyfriend John Fletcher said Tsarnaev gave him an expensive leather coat for Christmas last year when it no longer fit Tsarnaev properly.
"It's a small world," Fletcher said. "We are all one community is what it brings home for you."
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