Battered and bloody, Boston bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev reportedly scrawled a confession inside the hull of a boat police found him in after a day-long manhunt. The note says the April marathon bombing was revenge for US actions against Muslims.<\/p>\n
The confession specifically named US military actions in
\nAfghanistan and Iraq as motives for the attack, and called the
\nBoston Marathon bombing victims \u2018collateral damage\u2019 in the same
\nvein that Muslim civilians had been killed in American led wars,
\nCBS news reports.<\/p>\n
“When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims,”<\/i> the
\nnote allegedly added.<\/p>\n
Dzhokhar reportedly declared he did not mourn the death of his
\nolder brother Tamerlan \u2014 the other suspect in the bombings, who
\ndied from injured received during a shootout with police \u2014 saying
\nhe was already a martyr in paradise. Dzhokhar added that he
\nexpected to join his brother in the afterlife.<\/p>\n
Law enforcement sources told the network the wall the note had been
\nscribbled on was riddled with bullet holes. Police unloaded a
\nvolley of shots after Dzhokhar lifted up the tarpaulin, claiming
\nthey feared he had another bomb.<\/p>\n
He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was severely bleeding
\nfrom injuries to his left ear, neck and thigh. Initial reports said
\nhis neck wound was possibly from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in
\na botched suicide attempt, though it was later revealed that
\nDzhokhar was unarmed when captured in Suburban Watertown
\nMassachusetts on April 19.<\/p>\n
His arrest followed a massive manhunt which brought the greater
\nBoston area to a standstill.<\/p>\n
Police say the contents of the confession mirror many of the things
\nhe communicated to investigators while recovering from his injuries
\nat a hospital several days later. The confession will be admissible
\nin court.<\/p>\n
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is currently convalescing in a federal
\nprison hospital in Massachusetts and has been charged with using a
\nweapon of mass destruction in the deadly attack which killed three
\npeople and injured 264 near the marathon finish line on April
\n15.<\/p>\n
If found guilty, he could face the death penalty.<\/p>\n