BOSTON (AP) — A prosecutor has told a jury that Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) targeted men, women and children at the marathon because he wanted to terrorize the United States on a day when the eyes of the world would be on Boston.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Aloke Chakravarty said in closings arguments Monday in Tsarnaev’s federal death penalty trial that Tsarnaev “wanted to punish America for what it was doing to his people.”
He is charged with conspiring with his older brother, Tamerlan, to bomb the marathon in April 2013. Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured.
Chakravarty says the brothers targeted civilians including children to make a point.
The defense has said the attack was meant to retaliate against the U.S. for its actions in Muslim countries.
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