Who Are the Tsarnaev Brothers?

The Takeaway

Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is still at large. His brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, died in a shoot-out with police early Friday morning.
Apart from their country of origin, little is known about the brothers and their motives. A new portrait of Tamerlan comes from Anna Sale, reporter for WNYC in New York. She spoke with the former roommate of a woman who had a child with Tamerlan.
Larry Aaronson, retired social studies teacher at Cambridge Rindge and Latin knows the younger brother, Dzhokhar.

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