Tamerlán Anzórovich Tsárnayev nació en la República Autónoma Soviética Socialista Kalmyk , una unidad del Cáucaso del Norte[3] de Rusia y luego en la Unión Soviética.[6] Él fue residente permanente de los EE.UU.,[7] un ciudadano ruso y un ciudadano de Kirguistán.[8]
“Do you know the Boston Marathon explosion? I did it.”
To Dun Meng (April 2013), as quoted in "Boston Bombing Day 4: The Firefight: 'I Thought We Were Gonna Die'" http://abcnews.go.com/US/boston-bombing-day-firefight-thought-gonna-die/story?id=38554342 (21 April 2016), by Brian Ross, ABC News
“So what if a kid dies? God will take care of him.”
In April 2013, as quoted in "Boston Bombing Day 1: The Stunning Stop the Killers Made After the Attack" http://abcnews.go.com/US/boston-bombing-day-stunning-stop-killers-made-attack/story?id=38335067 (18 April 2016), by Brian Ross, ABC News