Accused Boston bomber pleads not guilty
Boston, July 11: Boston Marathon bomber accused Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, on Wednesday, pleaded not guilty to committing the worst mass-casualty attack in the US on April 15 this year that left more than 260 people injured and at least four dead.
19-year-old ethnic Chechen - a naturalized US citizen,Tsarnaev, appeared in the court for the first time at 3.30 pm, wearing an orange prison jumpsuit.
According
to
a
news
agency,
survivors
and
relatives
of
the
victims
of
Boston
Marathon
bombings
were
present
in
the
court
at
the
time
of
the
hearing,
that
reportedly
lasted
for
less
than
ten
minutes.
Tsarnaev's
family
members
and
his
supporters
are
also
said
to
have
attended
the
hearing.
It is reported that Tsarnaev answered 'seven' times that he was not guilty and occasionally glanced back at the court gallery.
Thirty charges have been slapped against Tsarnaev, whose involvement in the deadly terror attack claimed at least four lives including three Boston Marathon spectators and a police officer.
Out of thirty charges, 17 against him are capital offences. As Tsarnaev is being charged under the federal law, he could face capital punishment if found guilty.
Tsarnaev is accused of setting off homemade pressure-cooker bombs on April 15 in the middle of the crowd watching the Boston Marathon.
Tsarnaev carried out the fatal attack along with his elder brother Tamerlan, 26, who was supposedly the mastermind behind the attack.
After several days of manhunt, Tamerlan was gunned down in a battle with the police while Tsarnaev was found severely wounded in a boat in the suburb of Watertown, Massachusetts.
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