Boston bomber sought jihad in Dagestan, US trial hears

Defense lawyers, working to save Dzhokhar from the death penalty after he was convicted of carrying out the 2013 Boston bombings, is portraying his elder brother as the real culprit. The double bombing at the Boston Marathon finish line killed three people and wounded 264 others on April 15, 2013. In January 2012, Tamerlan went to Dagestan in southern Russia for six months to make contact with his mother's extended family, the court heard.