Washington, Apr 23 (EFE).- Terror suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told investigators that he and his brother, Tamerlan, did not have contact with terrorist groups and acted for religious reasons, U.S. media reported Tuesday.
A federal magistrate arraigned the 19-year-old man Monday at the Boston hospital where he is being treated for wounds from a shootout with police last week.
Tsarnaev was formally charged with using weapons of mass destruction against people in detonating two bombs on April 15 near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 180 others.
The suspect, who remains in serious condition, is communicating with federal investigators in writing since he cannot speak because of a throat wound sustained in the shootout with police that left his older brother and fellow suspect dead.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died in a shootout with police early Friday after he and his younger brother killed an MIT campus police officer.
The two men had firearms, ammunition and bombs, suggesting they planned more attacks, the FBI said.
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