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Uncle's 'pity' for bomb victims

The uncle of the brothers suspected of carrying out last week's Boston bombings has told ITV News he feels great sympathy and pity for the victims. Speaking from his home in Dagestan, he said he was struggling to believe his nephews were responsible.

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Boston suspect 'attended school in Dagestan'

Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev attended a school in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, in 2001, Reuters reported.

The school register names Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as a pupil. Credit: REUTERS/Sergei Rasulov

The school register pictured above names Tsarnaev as a pupil - number 11 on the list.

The registry states Tsarnaev is Chechen, entered the school in 2001, studied in the first grade and arrived from Kyrgyzstan.

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