Florida FBI kill man 'linked to Boston suspect Tsarnaev'
22 May 2013
Last updated at 13:42 GMT
NBC News quoted unnamed sources as saying the suspect had tried to attack an agent.
Tsarnaev died in a shootout with police days after the deadly marathon blasts.
Anonymous law enforcement officials and a friend of the man in Orlando said he had been killed on Tuesday night.
FBI spokesman Dave Couvertier said in a statement: "The agent encountered the suspect while conducting official duties.
"The suspect is deceased. We do not have any further details at this time."
Tamerlan Tsarnaev died in a shootout with police days after the deadly marathon blasts
Mr Couvertier identified the suspect as Ibragim Todashev.
A friend of the dead man told local media he had been questioned about the Boston bombing investigations.
The 15 April blasts killed three people and injured 264 others at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
Tsarnaev's brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is being held in a prison hospital after being shot in the throat before capture.
He faces the death penalty if convicted.
source:bbcnews
Investigators outside the Orlando apartment block
The
FBI in Orlando, Florida, have shot a man they were questioning about
possible links to Boston bombs suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, US media
report.
An FBI spokesman said they were responding to the incident
and that the agent had shot and killed the man "while conducting
official duties".NBC News quoted unnamed sources as saying the suspect had tried to attack an agent.
Tsarnaev died in a shootout with police days after the deadly marathon blasts.
Anonymous law enforcement officials and a friend of the man in Orlando said he had been killed on Tuesday night.
FBI spokesman Dave Couvertier said in a statement: "The agent encountered the suspect while conducting official duties.
"The suspect is deceased. We do not have any further details at this time."
Tamerlan Tsarnaev died in a shootout with police days after the deadly marathon blasts
A friend of the dead man told local media he had been questioned about the Boston bombing investigations.
The 15 April blasts killed three people and injured 264 others at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
Tsarnaev's brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is being held in a prison hospital after being shot in the throat before capture.
He faces the death penalty if convicted.
source:bbcnews
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