He also apparently suffered serious damage to his tongue. His imam will be terribly disappointed.
Posted on 04/22/2013 12:39:26 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
The 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings is reportedly awake and responding in writing to questions from authorities.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is unable to speak after being shot in the throat during a gunfight with police, and is currently in intensive care in a Boston hospital.
This morning America's ABC and NBC networks reported that he was responding in writing to questions from law enforcement officials.
Earlier Boston mayor Tom Menino said he feared authorities may never be able to question Tsarnaev because of the nature of his injuries.
The 19-year-old was captured after hiding in a boat in a backyard following a gunfight with police which killed his 26-year-old brother Tamerlan.
Tsarnaev is believed to have been shot in the throat and sustained tongue damage in the firefight, which Mr Menino said had left him in a "very serious" condition.
"We don't know if we'll ever be able to question the individual," Mr Menino told ABC America, without elaborating.
United States senator Dan Coats, a member of the Intelligence Committee, also told the network it was questionable whether Tsarnaev would be able to speak again.
"The information that we have is that there was a shot to the throat," he said.
"It doesn't mean he can't communicate, but right now I think he's in a condition where we can't get any information from him at all," he added.
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Hang the jihadist bomber!!
The Islamist at the White House doesnt want him to speak. Hussein the Islamist in Chief will make sure nothing comes to light.
” United States senator Dan Coats, a member of the Intelligence Committee, also told the network it was questionable whether Tsarnaev would be able to speak again.
“The information that we have is that there was a shot to the throat,” he said. “
Pencil & paper been outlawed yet? :)
I thought he shot himself. Was that another bit if miss-information from the media?
Does anyone here know where I can go to get NEWS? Not the opinion pieces that pass for news in this country.
Uh,... shooting (maiming) himself...
Can’t talk to the Benghazi survivors, can’t talk to the surviving Boston bomber.....UGH!
Yes! Just show him the Gallows being built outside his window and tell him if he wont talk, he never will!
Menino iis a whack job.
Exactly how dumb is Boston mayor Tom Menino? After his statement, I am sure they are preparing a place for him in the Pantheon of Dumbness.
I feel bad. The people he killed will never be able to speak either. Are they actually trying to drum up some sympathy here?
They say they might not be able to question him, really? They can’t give him a keyboard to type his B.S?
Well, that takes death penalty off the table...
I guess, the hand language that mutes use will be taught right away??
Well, at least when he writes at Trial that he didn’t say something it will be true.
If anyone should know about tongue damage and the inability to speak clearly, it is Mumbles Menino.
The possibilities are endless.
Which one?
Hang, gas, electrocute, shoot, explode, dismember, disembowel, the rack, draw & quarter, keel haul. whip, stone, behead, crucify,....
Helen Keller couldn’t speak but got her point across!
the million dollar wound.
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