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Video shows how police found Boston bombing suspect

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remains in a serious condition in a Boston hospital, under armed guard.

A NEW VIDEO released by State police shows how they found a wounded Boston bombing suspect hiding in a boat in a backyard.

The three-minute-long video shows infra-red and heat-seeking footage where the shape of a man’s body can be seen lying in the boat. It also shows what appears to be one or two small explosions occurring at the top of the boat.

A vehicle, possibly remote-controlled by police, is seen approaching the boat and lifting the tarpaulin covering it. Across from the vehicle lies a figure, a person who is at that time perhaps the USA’s most wanted man: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

The second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings the previous Monday, he and his brother Tamerlan found themselves pursued by police after the shooting of an MIT policeman and a carjacking by the siblings on Friday night.

That led to a high-speed chase that culminated in a shootout in Watertown, where Tamerlan, the elder sibling, died. He was shot but reportedly had explosives on his body that he detonated.

Watertown police chief Edward Deveau told AFP the siblings had at least six bombs with them while being chased, and that Dzhokhar had driven over his brother as he escaped.

Dzhokhar escaped from police but after a long and intense manhunt – during which Boston was effectively put in lockdown, with businesses and schools closed and residents voluntarily keeping off the streets – he was located in Watertown.

A local, Dave Henneberry, told police he saw blood on his boat and discovered the teen hiding there in his back garden. This video below shows police helicopter footage of what happened as police tried to get Dzhokhar out of the boat:

(LowellSun/YouTube)

Hospital

After his capture, Tsarnaev was taken to a Boston hospital, where he is said to remain in serious condition today. Officials say he is currently unable to answer questions on the devastating attack.

AFP reports that authorities are stepping up inquiries into a trip to Muslim regions of Russia taken by his accomplice brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan.

The Tsarnaev brothers are the main suspects in the double bomb attack on the Boston marathon in which three people were killed and about 180 wounded.

Dzhokhar is under armed guard and counter-terrorism agents trained in interrogating “high-value” detainees are 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.

Trial

Investigators working on the boat in which Tsarnaev was found. Pic: Katie Zezima/AP/Press Association Images

Media reports say authorities did not read Tsarnaev his Miranda rights to see a lawyer or stay when he was captured, and invoked a special exception for security reasons. That has left US authorities facing tough decisions over how to handle the investigation and any trial, says AFP.

Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham are among those who have called for the teenager to be declared an “enemy combatant,” which would give him the same status as Guantanamo detainees.

The Tsarnaev family are ethnic Chechens who moved to the United States from the former Soviet state of Kyrgyzstan around 2002. Tamerlan’s six month trip to the Russian region of Dagestan last year is said to be of great interest.

The FBI has acknowledged that an unnamed foreign government asked for information about Tamerlan in 2011, and that he was interviewed by the FBI but it had found no “derogatory” information.

Read: Bostonians celebrate capture of second bombing suspect>

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    Mute John Jim Jataa
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    Feb 21st 2013, 10:58 AM

    Little known fact about the metal man.
    It was commisioned by lloyds of london, an insurance company in the early 1800′s
    An elegant dandy in tight white trousers with a limp wrist pointing downwards towards the rocks below was invaluable signal to gay seamen looking for a place where they could freely express their sexuality.The secluded Guillamene bathing area (famous for its man only sign which stands until this day) became particularly popular. The otherwise clandestine gay community had found a place where they could meet with like-minded people without being judged. The village of tramore, with its many watering holes and its proximity to the port of waterford became a haven for gay men and ‘loose’ women who could relax from the constraints of Victorian society.
    This unique history has been blotted out by the powers that be, its not a history they want associated with the town. i say, embrace it, celebrate it, recreate it……. it may just be the pull tourists are looking for……

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    Feb 21st 2013, 1:33 PM

    I want this on a plaque in Tra.

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    Feb 21st 2013, 9:30 AM

    Fantastic, really unique structures. I once read a history on the Metalman (apologies, I can’t remember the source) but I believe that similar metalmen were built on other points in Ireland and Britain to warn sailors of shallow waters.

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    Mute Mick Kavanagh
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    Feb 21st 2013, 10:15 AM

    As far as I remember they were erected by really old insurance companies with the metal point pointing at areas of danger for incoming ships.

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    Feb 21st 2013, 10:16 AM

    *man

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    Feb 21st 2013, 10:53 AM

    He (in Tramore at least) points out to sea, as if telling on coming ships to turn around and return. Many ships used to mistake Tramore bay as the entrance to Waterford Harbour and run aground so the erected the metalman and his three pillars and two pillars on the brownestown head side to help ships identify that it was not the harbour.

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    Feb 21st 2013, 11:03 AM

    Is there one out in sligo bay between the city and sailing club. Never knew Irish lights were responsible for them.

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    Feb 21st 2013, 11:16 AM

    Never knew Sligo was a city?

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    Feb 21st 2013, 9:12 AM

    Never heard of it before

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    Feb 21st 2013, 10:05 AM

    Worth taking a trip down to have a look. The Tramore bay area and that Waterford coast from passage east across to Dungarvan and beyond is a beautiful little part of the country.

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    Feb 21st 2013, 4:29 PM

    Metalman beer which is brewed in Waterford & named after the statue is also well worth a taste. It won the Irish craft beer of the year 2013. Top Notch. P.S. I don’t work for them :)

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    Feb 21st 2013, 4:28 PM

    The Copper coastline from Tramore to Dungarvan is gorgeous. The whole area is an undiscovered gem. Stradbally must be one of the most beautiful villages in Ireland.

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    Feb 21st 2013, 12:12 PM

    FYI “Irish Lights” isn’t a private company. The Commissioners of Irish Lights is a statutory (i.e. government) body.

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    Feb 21st 2013, 11:17 AM
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    Feb 21st 2013, 10:54 AM

    Looks like a serious bush drinking spot

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    Feb 21st 2013, 1:25 PM

    Three cigarettes with a subbuteo figure stuck on top. Knock em down and put in a McDonalds with a 24 hour drive-thru.

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    Feb 21st 2013, 1:30 PM

    I came here for the lolz. The lolz were had.

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    Feb 25th 2013, 7:57 AM

    I gave you a thumbs-up for your display name. I actually snorted out loud on the bus.

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