Parents of Boston bomb suspects to fly from Russia to U.S.

Report: Parents of Boston bomb suspects to fly from Russia to U.S.

By Greg Botelho. Holly Yan and Josh Levs,

April 25, 2013

(CNN) -- Hours after talking at length with U.S. and Russian authorities, the parents of the two suspects in last week's deadly Boston Marathon attack are set to fly to the United States -- and cooperate with authorities -- Russian state news reported.

Anzor Tsarnaev told state-run RIA Novosti that he and his wife, Zubeidat, will leave the semi-autonomous southern Russian republic of Dagestan on Thursday. Authorities from various U.S. government agencies did not immediately confirm the Tsarnaevs' travel plans.

According to the official Russian news report, a police source said Wednesday that the suspects' parents consented to their U.S. trip and "will be involved in the U.S. investigation."

The news of their impending travel comes nine days after three people died and scores were wounded when two bombs exploded at the marathon's finish line.

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Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died days later following an early morning shootout with police. His body remained unclaimed Wednesday, according to Terrel Harris, a spokesman for Massachusetts' chief medical examiner's office. The exact cause of his death has not been determined.

His brother Dzhokhar was captured the next night after being found hidden inside a boat in the backyard of a Watertown, Massachusetts, home. Characterized in fair condition at a Boston hospital, the 19-year-old suspect has been communicating with authorities.

So, too, have his parents.

On Wednesday, FBI agents were in Makhachkala,Dagestan -- a city that Tamerlan called home for several months in 2012 -- to talk with the suspects' parents. The "conversation" -- which included members of Russia's Federal Security Service -- ended Wednesday evening, the men's mother told human rights activist Kheda Saratova.

Both Anzor Tsarnaev and his wife have publicly insisted they believe their children are innocent.

Zubeidat Tsarnaev has said she's convinced her boys were framed "just because they were Muslim."

When asked whether she thinks her younger son will get a fair trial, she replied, "Only Allah will know."

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