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Suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing case

A list of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — Tsarnaev, 20, faces several charges that could bring the death penalty if convicted of his alleged role in carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings, which killed three people and wounded more than 260.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev — The 26-year-old brother of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was killed in a confrontation with police days after the bombings. He allegedly carried out the attacks with his brother and has also been linked to a triple homicide in Waltham in 2011.

Dias Kadyrbayev, 20, and Azamat Tazhayakov, 20 — Two friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who were enrolled with him at
UMass Dartmouth. They face obstruction-of-justice charges on accusations of removing items from Tsarnaev’s dorm room after the bombings.

Robel Phillipos, 20 — Another friend of Tsarnaev’s who was also a student at UMass Dartmouth. He is charged with lying to investigators about the alleged actions of Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov.