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Ex-Boss Describes Bombing Suspects’ Dad As Big, Tough, And Quiet

Ex-Boss Describes Bombing Suspects’ Dad As Big, Tough, And Quiet

SOMERVILLE, MA — Jerry Siegel, the manager of Webster Auto Body in Somerville, Mass., didn’t realize at first that he knew the father of the two men suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing earlier this week.

But he quickly found out in the chaos of the past day that his former employee, Anzor Tsarnaev, was the pair’s dad.

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Suspect Picked Up Car From Mechanic Day After Bombing

Suspect Picked Up Car From Mechanic Day After Bombing

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A Somerville, Mass., auto mechanic told reporters on Friday that the younger of the two brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing came to his shop on Tuesday, the day after the bombing, and asked to pick up a car he had dropped off for repairs about two weeks before.

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