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| Man shot after attacking agent was being questioned about Boston bombing suspects |
| 2013-05-23 |
| [ORLANDOSENTINEL] The Central Florida man who was shot and killed by an FBI agent early Wednesday was being questioned about a 2011 triple-slaying in Massachusetts and about his relationship with the Boston Marathon bombings suspects, federal law enforcement officials told the Tribune Washington Bureau. The FBI told the Orlando Sentinel that an FBI agent -- along with two Massachusetts State Police troopers and other law enforcement personnel -- were interviewing 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev when a violent confrontation was initiated by Todashev. Federal law enforcement sources said Todashev -- who knew bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev through mixed martial arts in Boston -- "primarily" was being asked about a Sept. 11, 2011, triple murder in Waltham, Mass., because officials believe he and Tsarnaev may have had a role in cutting the throats of three men and sprinkling marijuana over the bodies. The law enforcement officials also said that they had questions about Todashev's relationship with Tsarnaev, and the fact that the two had spoken shortly before the Marathon bombing. Todashev reportedly lunged at the FBI agent with a knife during the interview. "During the confrontation, the individual was killed and the agent sustained non-life threatening injuries," , FBI Special Agent Dave Couvertier, a front man for the Orlando region, said in an email statement. "As this incident is under review, we have no further details at this time." Todashev was shot in a condo at 6022 Peregrine Ave. in the Windhover community, a quiet residential area near Universal Studios. Todashev's home address is in Kissimmee; it's not clear why he was at the Orlando apartment or why he was being questioned there. An FBI post-shooting incident review team has been dispatched from Washington, D.C., and is expected to arrive in Orlando within 24 hours, Couvertier said. Todashev lived in a gated community in Kissimmee called Orlando Sun Village, longtime friend Saeed Dunkaev told the Sentinel. Dunkaev, 25, said he and other Chechens were taken to the Kissimmee Police Department two days ago and interviewed by the FBI for three hours. |
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