Three friends of the younger Boston Marathon bombing suspect were arrested on Wednesday and charged with conspiring to both destroy evidence and lie to investigators after it was revealed that they took a backpack of fireworks and a laptop from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s dorm room. The criminal complaint lays out the series of events that led to the bomber’s three friends- Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, who are both Kazakh nationals, and an American named Robel Phillipos- arrest on Wednesday. The two Kazakh students were charged with conspiring to obstruct justice by destroying evidence while Phillipos is charged with knowingly and willfully making false statements to investigators.
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Three taken into custody helped Dzhokhar Tsarnaev cover up for the bombing after the fatal blasts
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Two identified as Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, both Kazakh nationals who were in custody already on immigration issues
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Third suspect named as Robel Phillipos of Cambridge, Massachusetts
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All three are 19-years-old, the same age as Dzhokhar
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Three 'disposed of materials for the bomber at a landfill after attack'
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Boston police say there is no threat to public safety
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