Prosecutor: Boston Marathon bomber wanted to terrorize US

Source: AP News - excite

BOSTON (AP) — As he planted a backpack containing a bomb just feet from a group of children, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made a cold-hearted decision aimed at spreading terror and punishing America for its wars in Muslim countries, a federal prosecutor told jurors Monday during closing arguments in Tsarnaev's death penalty trial.



"There was nothing about this day that was a twist of fate," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Aloke Chakravarty. "This was a cold, calculated terrorist act. This was intentional. It was bloodthirsty. It was to make a point. It was to tell America that we will not be terrorized by you anymore. We will terrorize you."

Martin Richard, an 8-year-old Boston boy, was killed when the bomb Tsarnaev was accused of planting exploded. And two young women died when Tsarnaev's brother set off a bomb just down the street. Both explosives were placed in crowds gathered at the finish line of the 2013 marathon. More than 260 people were wounded.

The defense began its closing arguments in the afternoon, after which the jury was expected to begin deliberating 30 charges against Tsarnaev, 21.

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