Tsarnaev convicted in Boston bombing, may face death sentence


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  • Thursday, 09 Apr 2015

Boston marathon bombing victims and survivors (L to R) Dana Cohen, Carlos Arrendono, Karen Brassard, Laurie Scher, Liz Norden, and Mike Ward speak to media after a jury found bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty, in Boston, Massachusetts April 8, 2015. REUTERS/Lisa Hornak

BOSTON (Reuters) - Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty on Wednesday of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and injured 264 others, and the jury will now decide whether to sentence him to death.

Tsarnaev, 21, is the surviving member of pair of ethnic Chechen brothers who planted the homemade pressure-cooker bombs that tore through the crowd at the famed race's finish line in one of the most shocking attacks on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001. He left a note behind describing the attack as an act of retribution for U.S. military campaigns in Muslim-dominated countries.

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