Immigration officials holding two fellow students of Boston bombing

Fox news ^ | Apr 26 | Pamela Brown

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Two people seen in a photo with suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in New York's famed Times Square are being held by authorities on administrative immigration violations, Fox News has confirmed. The two men were identified to Fox News as Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, both citizens of Kazakhstan. They can be seen standing next to Tsarnaev in a photo believed to have been taken in April 2012 in Time square Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov were arrested April 20 -- five days after the attack at the marathon -- at the Hidden Brook apartments by the FBI and Homeland Security in New Bedford Mass., and they are being detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement “We learned through the Joint Terrorist Task Force that the Boston Marathon bombers had planned to travel to Manhattan t A law enforcement source also confirmed that task force investigators will be questioning Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov about their activity last week immediately after a surveillance video of the suspected Boston bombers was released. They also want to know whether the two young men took any action to help Tsarnaev. The source said a "variety of techniques" led investigators to question Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov, with the goal of seeing “what’s there” -- though they are not charged with any crimes at this time. Kadyrbayev is a former student and Tazhayakov is a current student of UMass Dartmouth, a university spokesman said. Tsarnaev, 19, is registered as a sophomore at the university. Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen and U.S. citizen Kadyrbayev's father, Murat Kadyrbayev, told Kazak news website Tengri News that Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov were in Tsarnaev's social circle but nothing more. The father also said a "TERRORISTA #1" vanity plate on a BMW jointly owned by the two young men was just a joke.

[little jeremiah]

plf

[thouworm]

When the story of these Kazaks being taken into custody first was posted on FR, some poster (I don’t remember who) pointed out that the handcuffed woman pictured in the daily mail story was of the same general body type and build as a woman seen in the surveillance video of the brothers walking to plant the bombs.

I don't recall seeing the Kazaks photo, but I see what you mean.

Also balloon lady who walks down the sidewalk in front of the bombers stops to position herself right beside the lady in the striped sweater/shirt.

I will keep my eye out for Kazaks photo. Please ping me if you find it.

[thouworm]

Check your link again. Was it pulled?

Also possible is that I don’t belong to FB, so it may not be available to me.

Can you cut and paste here?...or maybe too much to deal with?

[lonevoice]

I remember reading that when authorities took these two into custody, a consular car from an unknown nation arrived and a young woman from the same apartment left in that vehicle. I don’t have the link, sorry.

[Lurker]

They’ll hold them just long enough to get their Obama phones, EBT cards, and their student financial aid paid. Then they’ll let them go.

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You do have to have a Facebook account. I will work on it in the am.

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Damn it was pulled , he appeared related to someone in the Saudi government . My fault .