‘Turn yourself in’ urges uncle to Boston terror suspect
In an impassioned interview with reporters outside his Maryland home, Ruslan Tsarni said his nephews 'put a shame on the entire Chechen ethnicity'
An angry uncle of the two Boston bombing suspects pleaded on Friday with one nephew still on the run to “turn yourself in and ask forgiveness” from victims of the worst US terror attack since 9/11.
In an impassioned 10-minute interview with reporters outside his Maryland home, Ruslan Tsarni said his nephews “put a shame on the entire Chechen ethnicity” and expressed a desire to apologise personally to the victims.
“I’m ready just to bend in front of them, to kneel in front of them seeking their forgiveness,” a visibly moved Tsarni said, stressing that his own family has had “nothing to do” with his brother’s family for several years.
Tsarni’s nephews Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev are the prime suspects in Monday’s bombings at the finish of the Boston Marathon.
Tamerlan died after a shootout with law enforcement, and the city is on virtual lockdown amid a massive manhunt for the younger brother.
“Dzhokhar, if you’re alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness,” Tsarni said, adding he was “shocked” to see FBI images of his nephews on television and the internet.