Report: Boston Suspect Beginning To Communicate With Authorities

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in photos released by the FBI and Boston police.
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old accused of the Boston marathon bombings, is beginning to communicate with federal officials at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, NBC News reported Sunday.

Tsarnaev is responding to questions “mostly in writing” due to an apparent injury to his throat that makes speaking difficult. Investigators said the injury may be the result of a suicide attempt.

Dzhokhar and his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, are accused of setting off the two bombs near the finish line of the Boston marathon last week that killed three people and wounded more than 180 others. While Tamerlan died during a shootout with police, Dzhokhar was later captured alive in a private boat in the suburbs of Boston.

Officials said Sunday that neither of the suspects had gun permits to legally obtain the firearms employed against police. Nineteen year old Dzhokhar would not have been eligible to obtain a permit under Massachusetts law, which requires a person to be 21 or older.

Boston police commissioner Ed Davis said on MSBC Monday that officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) are working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to “track down” the weapons the brothers used.

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